The inflatable yellow ducks, 18m high, will sail on Victoria Harbour for two weeks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - A pair of Rubber Ducks made a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on Friday, part of an art installation dubbed “Double Ducks” by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who says he hopes the ducks will bring happiness to the city.
Mr Hofman said his pair of ducks represent “twice the fun, double the happiness” and bring new excitement to Hong Kong. Curator AllRightsReserved said the ducks were like the symmetrical Chinese characters “xi” for happiness and “peng” for friends.Mr Hofman, who was inspired by a world map and rubber duck to create his giant inflatable rubber duck installation, began a world tour starting from the Netherlands in 2007, making stops in harbours from France to Brazil.
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