On July 1, 2008, Hong Kong Post issued the special stamp set to commemorate the handover of the cub pair of giant panda from the Central People's Government (CPG) to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) . The issue comprises of 4 postage stamps depicted the cub of giant panda, Ying Ying and Le Le.
The giant panda has a very distinctive black-and-white coat, and adults measure around 1.5m long and around 75cm tall at the shoulder. Giant pandas live in mountainous regions, such as Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet. The panda has a diet that is overwhelmingly herbivorous. The giant panda eats shoots and leaves, living almost entirely on bamboo. The following links shown how they are look very like to eat bamboo, http://youtu.be/tyLrlFq-Jj8.
.The pair of giant pandas given by the Central People's Government (CPG) in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrived safely in Hong Kong on April 26 , 2007 from Wolong, Sichuan. At the handover ceremony , the "Name the Giant Pandas" were announced. The young male (No. 606) was officially named "Le Le" and the female (No. 610) "Ying Ying". The names were chosen from among 13,000 entries with 6,700 different pairs of names.
