The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) announced today (January 17) that the public online voting stage of the Tropical Cyclone Name Collection Activity organised by the HKO has been successfully concluded. The activity received impressive response from the public and attracted over 20 000 votes. The following 20 tropical cyclone names with the highest numbers of votes have been selected from the 40 shortlisted suitable names with Hong Kong characteristics. They will be incorporated into the reserve list of tropical cyclone names of Hong Kong, China. The 20 names with the highest numbers of votes are as follows:
| Name | Name in Chinese | Votes |
| Milktea | 奶茶 | 15 750 |
| Tsing-ma | �馬 | 15 127 |
| Fo-lung | �� | 14 810 |
| Dim-sum | 點心 | 14 354 |
| Sparrow | 麻雀 | 13 662 |
| Shui-sin | æ°´ä»™ | 13 463 |
| Siu-lung | �� | 13 131 |
| Neon | 霓虹 | 12 713 |
| Sing-si | 醒� | 12 524 |
| Egret | 白鷺 | 12 296 |
| Heung-pin | 香片 | 12 279 |
| Hoi-wai | 海� | 11 717 |
| Pui-pui | �� | 11 595 |
| Sheung-si | 相� | 11 431 |
| Red-bean | 紅豆 | 11 006 |
| Stoneslab | 石� | 10 940 |
| Bak-lan | ç™½è˜ | 10 616 |
| Sampan | 舢舨 | 10 474 |
| Junk-boat | 帆船 | 10 222 |
| Treefrog | 樹蛙 | 10 148 |
The meanings of these 20 tropical cyclone names are listed on the Tropical Cyclone Name Collection Activity webpage. Winners will be notified via email regarding souvenir collection within January.
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