More than 5,000 rubber ducks were dumped into Lake OWA for a race to see who would claim first, second and third place.

It isn't even something flying from the floats. No, the hot commodity this year is the little rubber ducks handed out by the brass of the city's police department as they walk along with the parades.

An inflatable rubber duck that floated in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour a decade ago will return to the city in mid-June, and not only has it grown but it is bringing a friend. The two yellow ...