What the Duck 3
Exhibition itself is free, but city's business establishments have gone into overdrive to make money off it: “duck stimulus”
Some local restaurants have promptly added duck-shaped "curry duck rice" to their menus.
One restaurant is serving duck sculptures fashioned out of deep-fried mashed taro and shrimp, and another sold 1,000 slices of freshly baked yellow bread decorated like a duck's face in less than a week.
On Sina Weibo, the popular Twitter-like microblogging service, users have been trading information on the restaurants that offer the best "duck view".
"I think it is worth a try [for a "duck view" dinner] because you don't know when the duck will come to Hong Kong next," one weibo entry said.
The Marco Polo Hotel is offering a Giant Yellow Rubber Duck package, which it says includes rooms with "breathtaking" duck views, a complimentary rubber duck toy (while supplies last) and a late checkout for $300 a night.
The official weibo account of Harbour City, which is sponsoring the Hong Kong trip of the rubber duck, also has a range of duck-related promotions. One online post by Harbour City recommends a small Swarovski yellow duck.
The market is awash with duck collectibles, from duck-shaped mobile phone docks to soap and shampoo bottles. The One, another shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui and a local rival of Harbour City, has even opened a special section showcasing all duck-related products.
Stalls sell everything from tiny rubber ducks to larger replicas with outfits and hats
Hong Kong-based rubber duck manufacturer Edeva Ltd., which produces around one million ducks a year in its factory across the border in the mainland Chinese city of Dongguan, says inquiries are up 60% since the duck arrived in Hong Kong this month.
Business side of it: the duck has different sponsors in different locations who pay for its installation. This time, was brought over as a promotion by Harbour City, a shopping mall.
Hong Kong's malls, already some of the busiest in the world, fight with each other for traffic with over-the-top installations. One recently displayed a shriveled ice age baby mammoth from Siberia, while another featured topless appearances by the strapping male Chippendale dancers. "The competition is very fierce here," says Andrew Yeung of Harbour City, which spent several hundred thousand dollars to host the duck.
Entire business has sprung up around this new “member” of the city, has transformed the city itself
Some local restaurants have promptly added duck-shaped "curry duck rice" to their menus.
One restaurant is serving duck sculptures fashioned out of deep-fried mashed taro and shrimp, and another sold 1,000 slices of freshly baked yellow bread decorated like a duck's face in less than a week.
On Sina Weibo, the popular Twitter-like microblogging service, users have been trading information on the restaurants that offer the best "duck view".
"I think it is worth a try [for a "duck view" dinner] because you don't know when the duck will come to Hong Kong next," one weibo entry said.
The Marco Polo Hotel is offering a Giant Yellow Rubber Duck package, which it says includes rooms with "breathtaking" duck views, a complimentary rubber duck toy (while supplies last) and a late checkout for $300 a night.
The official weibo account of Harbour City, which is sponsoring the Hong Kong trip of the rubber duck, also has a range of duck-related promotions. One online post by Harbour City recommends a small Swarovski yellow duck.
The market is awash with duck collectibles, from duck-shaped mobile phone docks to soap and shampoo bottles. The One, another shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui and a local rival of Harbour City, has even opened a special section showcasing all duck-related products.
Stalls sell everything from tiny rubber ducks to larger replicas with outfits and hats
Hong Kong-based rubber duck manufacturer Edeva Ltd., which produces around one million ducks a year in its factory across the border in the mainland Chinese city of Dongguan, says inquiries are up 60% since the duck arrived in Hong Kong this month.
Business side of it: the duck has different sponsors in different locations who pay for its installation. This time, was brought over as a promotion by Harbour City, a shopping mall.
Hong Kong's malls, already some of the busiest in the world, fight with each other for traffic with over-the-top installations. One recently displayed a shriveled ice age baby mammoth from Siberia, while another featured topless appearances by the strapping male Chippendale dancers. "The competition is very fierce here," says Andrew Yeung of Harbour City, which spent several hundred thousand dollars to host the duck.
Entire business has sprung up around this new “member” of the city, has transformed the city itself
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