<P> One of the main attractions is a pair of male and female giant pandas -- Kai Kai ( 凯 凯 ) and Jia Jia ( 嘉 嘉 ) -- which are housed in a specially constructed climate - controlled enclosure which change throughout the four seasons emulating their original environment . The zoo grows its own 8,000 - square - metre ( 86,000 sq ft ) plantation of special bamboo specially for the feeding of the giant pandas . These pandas are a sign of the twentieth anniversary of friendly Sino - Singapore relations . The park also received a conservation donation from CapitaLand . The names of the two pandas were selected from entries of a public naming competition organised in 2010 . The pandas , which arrived in September 2012 , are on a ten - year loan from China . </P>
<P> One of the main attractions is a pair of male and female giant pandas -- Kai Kai ( 凯 凯 ) and Jia Jia ( 嘉 嘉 ) -- which are housed in a specially constructed climate - controlled enclosure which change throughout the four seasons emulating their original environment . The zoo grows its own 8,000 - square - metre ( 86,000 sq ft ) plantation of special bamboo specially for the feeding of the giant pandas . These pandas are a sign of the twentieth anniversary of friendly Sino - Singapore relations . The park also received a conservation donation from CapitaLand . The names of the two pandas were selected from entries of a public naming competition organised in 2010 . The pandas , which arrived in September 2012 , are on a ten - year loan from China . </P>
when did kai kai and jia jia come to singapore
when did kai kai and jia jia come to singapore
September 2012
September 2012