Mainland to present another pair of pandas to HK
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-01-10 14:23
China's central government will present another pair of pandas to the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) to mark the 10th anniversary of its
return to China, according to the State Forestry Administration on
Wednesday.
The pandas will meet the Hong Kong public in the first half of
this year, said administration spokesperson Cao Qingyao.
The Chinese
mainland presented the first pair of pandas, "An An" and "Jia Jia", to Hong Kong
in 1999.
The Hong Kong SAR government requested a second pair of pandas
last September. The State Council approved the request two months
later.
Cao said the administration will select a pair of "lively, healthy
and young" pandas for Hong Kong.
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