Milk tea, dim sum and HK pandas in typhoon name race
Local delicacies, a martial arts legend and names of famous giant pandas are on a list of potential typhoon titles up for public voting from Wednesday.  The Hong Kong Observatory shortlisted 40 options as it sought to identify additional suitable names with local characteristics to be part of its reserve list of tropical cyclone titles.  Among them are Siu-lung, the stage name of the late Bruce Lee, and four former and current pandas at Ocean Park - An-an, Jia-jia, Ying-ying and Le-le.   Popular dishes milk tea and dim sum, neon, a feature of the city's night scene, and "sing-si" - referring to the traditional lion dance - are also listed.  Other options include species commonly seen in Hong Kong, such as hoppfish and tree frog, as well as  signature plants found in the SAR. "Members of the public can vote online to select 20 suitable tropical cyclone names with Hong Kong characteristics from the shortlisted names," the forecaster said.  "The 20 names with the highest number of votes will be incorporated into the reserve list of tropical cyclone names of Hong Kong, China." Online voting will end on January 7 and the results are expected to be announced the same month.