Hong Kong welcomes its first ‘tiger babies’ at Lunar New Year as temple leaders wish for prosperity, peace and end to pandemic


A sense of solitude brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is going to make Felix Shek cherish his time with his newborn daughter and family more than ever, the father of one of the city’s first “tiger babies” said on Tuesday.

Shek’s daughter was one of five babies born in four hospitals across Hong Kong after midnight as the city welcomed the Year of the Tiger.

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