Panda cub turns one month old tomorrow

First, there will be a very big cake measuring 1.2 metres wide and 1.7 metres long. Then, students from 10 schools will sing "Happy Birthday" to the fluffy female cub in front of her cage.

The baby panda is also set to get many birthday presents.

See her

As the cub will be on public display tomorrow, visitors are being encouraged to bring along presents or something the cub will be able to play with.

The presents may be wooden toys or rocking horses.

"They can be playthings for the baby when she is a few months old," panda project chief Prasertsak Boontrakulpoontawee says.

The baby, which now weighs more than 1 kg, was born in Thailand on May 27 to Lin Hui and her mate Chuang Chuang.

Lin Hui has proved to be a protective and caring mother. She has held her baby for most of the time.

Zoo officials are now trying to teach Lin Hui to put the baby on the floor more often and for a longer period because the mother has apparently become tired.