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Singapore seeks name for panda cub that ‘reflects friendship with China’

The baby was born on August 14 to Jia Jia and Kai Kai, who became first-time parents during their seventh breeding season

The Singapore public can make suggestions until September 19, and a panel of judges that includes the Chinese embassy will make a shortlist

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https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3148271/singapore-seeks-name-panda-cub-reflects-friendship-china?module=perpetual_scroll&pgtype=article&campaign=3148271

Almost a month after Singapore welcomed its first giant panda cub, members of the public will be invited to suggest a name for the baby, who was announced on Friday to be a boy. 

This was revealed by Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), which said that the name of the cub would be chosen before it turns 100 days old on November 21.

The panda cub was born on August 14 to Jia Jia and Kai Kai, who had succeeded in birthing the cub on their seventh breeding season that began in April.

WRS said that as a guide, the name should be catchy and easy to remember, and reflect characters with “positive meanings or attributes”.

It should also have relevance to Singapore heritage and culture as well as “reflect the significance of the friendship between Singapore and China”. 

Deputy chairman of Mandai Park Holdings Tan Chuan-Jin, who is also Speaker of Parliament, will chair a judging panel that will oversee the process. 

The panel will also include representatives from academia, the Chinese embassy in Singapore, relevant government agencies and WRS.

“Shortlisted names will be released for public voting and the panda cub will take the name with the most number of votes,” WRS said.

The Singapore public can find out how to participate at

wrs.com.sg

and have until the end of September 19 to enter their submissions.

The call for name suggestions was made as the cub’s gender was unveiled at the River Safari in front of safari staff and the media on Friday.

To reveal the gender, the baby’s father, Kai Kai, who was also celebrating his upcoming 14th birthday on Friday, bit some carrots attached to a box, which then opened to reveal blue confetti – signalling the baby is a boy.

WRS said that the gender of the cub was determined through a series of visual assessments performed by WRS’ panda care team, who confirmed the presence of “external male genitalia”.

Deputy chief executive officer and chief life sciences officer at WRS Cheng Wen-Haur said that the cub’s mother, Jia Jia, has been caring for the cub and has “exceeded all expectations” in doing so.

“While supporting Jia Jia’s care of the cub, we were able to determine the cub’s gender through close visual observation and will only retrieve the cub for veterinary checks when the time is right,” said Dr Cheng.

Kai Kai, 13, and Jia Jia, 12, arrived in Singapore in September 2012. They are here on a 10-year loan from China.

Giant pandas are notoriously difficult to breed and have a narrow window once a year to do so. Last month, their conservation threat status improved from endangered to vulnerable.

 

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Atonchia

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My suggestion is

鼓鼓 :Gu Gu

Drum Drum

Since its a boy... Drumming up courage... Blah blah etc. 

When visitors upon seeing it will all start to shout. 

"鼓鼓，叫啊！

Gu Gu Jiao Ah! 

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Volvobrick

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43 minutes ago, Kb27 said:

Sg quite good at naming, even have competition.

In the end, we'll call the boy "boy"

Yeah.... We are so good. Call the bay Bay, budget Budget. I sarpork Boy Boy. 

 

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