Hong Kong’s favourite big duck is back and bringing friends for waterfront event

SCMP | Sept. 28, 2025, 4:19 a.m. | Original

Tolo Duck makes an appearance at Ngong Ping 360 cable car facility ahead of a water parade. Photo: Edmond So

The iconic yellow rubber ducks that visited Hong Kong twice over the past 12 years have joined a parade of intellectual property (IP) characters in Victoria Harbour.

The IP, known as Tolo Founding Duck, also made a return to the city on Saturday. One of the ducks was encased in a three-metre-tall ita-bag at Ngong Ping 360 cable car facility on Lantau Island. Visitors will have until November 2 to check out the display.

The term ita-bag means “painful bag” in Japanese and refers to bags displaying badges, buttons and figurines.

The event is part of a bigger “Water Parade by AllrightsReserved” , which brings together other international IPs such as Hong Kong artist Lung Ka-sing’s elfin Labubu, a version of Sesame Street’s Elmo by American artist Kaws, McDonald’s Grimace and the Japanese manga character Doraemon.

The parade of inflatable exhibits will go on display in October in the waters off Tamar Park, near government headquarters in Admiralty.

The iconic rubber duck made an appearance in Victoria Harbour in 2023. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
The iconic rubber duck made an appearance in Victoria Harbour in 2023. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

AllRightsReserved (ARR), which is organising the event, said the Tolo ducks attracted the attention of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who grew up with a tiny yellow rubber duck as a bathtub toy.

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