After much anticipation, two VIPs - Very Important Pandas - have finally landed in Singapore on a Boeing 747 cargo freighter.
They were here on a ten-year loan from China with the objective of promoting Giant Panda conservation and raising public awareness of this critically endangered species.
There to receive them at the JetQuay Terminal at the Changi Airport were 60 guests including Mr Teo Ser Luck,
Minister of State (Trade & Industry), chairman of Wildlife Reserves
Singapore (WRS) Claire Chiang, former President S.R. Nathan and the chairman of CapitaLand Hope Foundation, who is the sponsor and conservation donor of the Giant Panda collaborative programme,.