Ying Ying gave birth to the twins — one male and one female — at Ocean Park just a day before she turned 19 years old, the park said in a statement
Twin panda babies, female at left and male at right, born at Ocean Park Hong Kong are the first-ever locally born panda cubs.Hong Kong welcomed the birth of its first locally born giant pandas on Thursday, with their mother becoming the world’s oldest first-time mother of its kind on record, the theme park that houses them announced.
Pandas are widely considered as the country’s unofficial national mascot and China’s giant panda loan program with overseas zoos has long been known as a tool of Beijing’s soft-power diplomacy. “Both cubs are currently very fragile and need time to stabilize, especially the female cub who has a lower body temperature, weaker cries, and lower food intake after birth,” the park said. Visitors will have to wait for a few months for their public debut.
Hong Kong leader John Lee also expressed his gratitude to the central government for gifting the pandas to the financial hub in 2007, saying it showed Beijing’s care and support for the city.
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