HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s youngest celebrities, twin 6-month-old panda cubs, made their first public appearance before adoring fans Sunday.

Hong Kong’s panda twin cubs will soon make their public debut at Ocean Park. The cubs were born in August to Ying Ying, who became the oldest giant panda on record to give birth. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout got an early look at the twins.

Hong Kong has called on members of the public to help name the city’s first locally-born giant panda cubs. The cubs are twins and turned six months old on Saturday, an occasion that was also marked by their first public appearance. They are kept at Ocean Park, which now houses the largest number of pandas in captivity outside mainland China.

From harbor-front sculptures to posters and even a pyrotechnic drone show, Hong Kong is in a panda frenzy. The city’s six pandas are front and center in the government’s latest effort to boost its lackluster tourism industry and revive an economy that’s struggling to regain momentum.

Hong Kong’s youngest celebrities, twin 6-month-old panda cubs, made their first public appearance before adoring fans Sunday.

Hong Kong's youngest stars, the twin six-month-old panda cubs, have made their first public appearance before adoring fans, attracting hundreds of people. The pair are the city's first locally born giant panda cubs.