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Two giant pandas loaned from China are due to arrive by plane in Singapore on a 10-year loan - Beijing's latest use of panda-diplomacy to strengthen ties overseas. "It is a sign of the friendship between our two countries, and the pandas will be very popular. There is a lot of interest in Singapore in Kai Kai and Jia Jia," says Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. France received a pair of pandas in January this year, a month after Scotland welcomed two to Edinburgh.