HONG KONG - A pair of Rubber Ducks made a splash in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Friday (June 9), 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. The inflatable yellow ducks, 18 metres high, will sail on the harbour for two weeks...
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.
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