Hong Kong celebrates 100 days of locally-born panda twins

Giant panda twins, born to Ying Ying, a giant panda gifted by China's central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), celebrated their 100th day on Saturday.

Ocean Park Hong Kong held a celebration event on Saturday to mark the occasion. Many visitors dressed in giant panda-themed attire waited outside the park in the morning. They received red eggs and pork knuckle ginger stew. According to Hong Kong customs, when a family has a newborn child, they distribute these foods to share joy.

Throughout the park, there were numerous cartoon images of the panda twins and welcome banners. The panda twins' father, Le Le, made a public appearance again at the park.

For the first time, Ocean Park launched a live-streaming session to show real-time footage of the panda twins. The female panda cub was the first to appear, lying on a bed and stretching occasionally.

Later, caretakers placed the male panda cub on the bed to interact with the female cub. The two pandas kept moving their bodies and snuggling with each other, prompting cheers from the crowd.

According to Ocean Park, the panda twins have grown teeth, with the female cub, initially weighing 122 grams at birth, now weighing 5.3 kg, and the male panda cub's weight increasing from 112 grams at birth to 5.5 kg.

Kevin Yeung, secretary for culture, sports and tourism of the HKSAR government, said that the HKSAR government, together with the Hong Kong Tourism Board and Ocean Park, will collaborate with various parties in Hong Kong to organize a series of promotional activities, with the new Hong Kong giant panda family serving as tourism ambassadors.

Furthermore, the third pair of giant pandas, An An and Ke Ke, gifted by the central government to Hong Kong, are in good condition and they are expected to meet the public in December, Yeung said.