Zoo Negara bids farewell to panda cubs Yi Yi, Sheng Yi

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The return of the pair, fostered under a conservation agreement entered between Malaysia and China, had been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/08/29/zoo-negara-bids-farewell-to-panda-cubs-yi-yi-sheng-yi/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2023/08/29/zoo-negara-ucap-selamat-jalan-pada-anak-panda-yi-yi-sheng-yi/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Panda #ZooNegara

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00:00 Panda cubs Yi Yi and Sheng Yi are finally going home to China.

00:04 Yi Yi was born in 2018, while Sheng Yi was born in 2021.

00:09 Both cubs were supposed to have been sent back to China sooner,

00:12 but their return was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:16 Sheng Yi was born in May,

00:25 but the China Wildlife Conservation Association has agreed with Malaysia

00:33 to send both of these panda cubs back to China.

00:39 The pair's parents, Xing Xing and Liang Liang,

00:41 have been living in Zunigare since 2014.

00:44 They were loaned to Malaysia to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relations

00:48 between Malaysia and China.

00:51 Xing Xing and Liang Liang also had another cub, Nuan Nuan,

00:54 which was sent back to China in 2017.

00:58 Visitors to Zunigare thronged the panda enclosure

01:00 for today's farewell ceremony for Yi Yi and Sheng Yi.

01:04 Those who spoke to FMT said they took the opportunity

01:07 to bring their children to see the pandas as they are not native to Malaysia.

01:11 However, they said they were sad to see the cubs return home.

01:15 We are sad to see the pandas return home.

01:19 If possible, they have to stay longer because we and the kids can see the pandas.

01:26 It's kind of sad, but it's a good thing also, I think,

01:29 because they are going back to their home country.

01:32 Also in attendance at the ceremony were Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yu Jing

01:37 and Malaysian Zoological Society President Zaharin Arif.

01:42 Danish Rajareza, FMT News.

01:44 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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