Typhoon MilkTea storms to observatory poll victory
Hong Kong risks being drowned by milk tea, ravaged by fire dragon or steamed by dim sum in future, weather officials said on Wednesday.  The results of the observatory's competition to find new names for typhoons reveals the public can envisage various drinks and animals wreaking havoc here one day, or the city getting a kicking from Siu-lung – the stage name of the late actor Bruce Lee.  Forty potential names were put forward and more than 20,000 voters whittled them down to a final list of 20, with "Milktea" the clear favourite. "Tsing-ma" – as in the Tsing Ma Bridge – and "Fo-lung" – which means fire dragon in Chinese – came in second and third. Other beverages that could brew up into storms include the teas Shui-sin and Heung-pin, while the SAR could face a mauling from Pui-pui – the saltwater crocodile captured in the city two decades ago. However, it seemed people struggled to imagine Hong Kong facing much of a threat from a generally docile panda, with past and current Ocean Park residents An-an, Jia-jia, Ying-ying and Le-le, all failing to make the final list. Other winners which will be added onto Hong Kong's reserve list of tropical cyclone names include Dim-sum, Egret, Red-bean, Junk-boat and Sampan.