STORY: Singapore-born panda makes final appearance before returning to China
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:10
LOCATION: Singapore
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the panda
2. various of guests 
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JUNWEN, Chinese student

STORYLINE:

Le Le, a two-year-old giant panda cub, made his final public appearance on Wednesday before entering quarantine and preparing for his flight to China on Jan. 16 next year.
   
About 1,000 guests came to the Pavilion Capital Giant Panda Forest exhibit of River Wonders Park, a renowned zoo in Singapore, to bid farewell to Le Le, according to the Mandai Wildlife Group.
   
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JUNWEN, Chinese student
"I came to River Wonders Park today to see the pandas, and also to see Le Le. After all, it is a panda born in Singapore. I want to come here to see it in person."

The male panda cub will board a chartered freight aircraft from Singapore to Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Mandai Wildlife Group added.
   
Le Le is the first panda born in Singapore. His parents, Kai Kai and Jia Jia, will remain at River Wonders and focus on planning for their future breeding cycles.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Singapore.
(XHTV)