Giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia JIa land in Singapore

Singapore on Thursday gave a VIP welcome to a pair of giant pandas loaned by China for 10 years to mark two decades of close diplomatic relations.

The bears -- five-year-old male Kai Kai ("victorious") and four-year-old Jia Jia ("beauty") -- will be the stars in a new section of the Singapore Zoo and will make their public debut in December after a quarantine period.