Giant panda pair prepare for Hong Kong life

Photo shows two giant pandas in the China Conservation & Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, Apr. 24, 2007.   [Xinhua Photo] Photo shows a giant panda in the China Conservation & Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, Apr. 24, 2007.   [Xinhua Photo]

Photo shows two giant pandas in the China Conservation & Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province.  These young and healthy pandas will be on public display at Ocean Park in time for the July 1 celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover.  [Xinhua Photo] Photo shows a giant panda in the China Conservation & Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, Apr. 24, 2007.    [Xinhua Photo] The pandas are a gift of the Central Chinese Government for Hong Kong in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the HK Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Both pandas were born in August 2005 at the China Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong, Sichuan Province. The male young panda weighs 60 kilograms and the female, 61 kilograms. Their names will be selected from amongst the 13,000 entries received in the Giant Panda Naming Activity launched by the HKSAR government. In addition, Director of Wolong Nature Reserve Administration, Zhang Hemin, who is a member of the delegation, has been invited to give a talk on Tuesday on the conservation of giant pandas. Zhang is also a member of the adjudication panel tasked to select a pair of names for the giant pandas The Central Government presented the first pair of pandas, "An An" and "Jia Jia," to Hong Kong in 1999 as a gift to the HKSAR and inhabited them at the Hong Kong's Ocean Park.     Photo shows a giant panda in the China Conservation & Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, Apr. 24, 2007.   [Xinhua Photo] Photo shows a giant panda in the China Conservation & Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, Apr. 24, 2007.   [Xinhua Photo]