AP PHOTOS: 6-month-old twin panda cubs climb and sleep at their debut in Hong Kong

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

The cubs born Aug. 15 are Hong Kong’s first locally born giant panda cubs. They live at the Ocean Park theme park along with their parents and two other giant pandas that arrived from mainland China last year.

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Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to media in Ocean Park during a greeting ceremony in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors shop at a panda-themed store in Ocean Park as the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Souvenirs of the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs are displayed at a shop in Ocean Park as they make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Souvenirs of the Hong Kong giant panda are displayed at a shop in Ocean Park as they make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors shop at a panda-themed store in Ocean Park as the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Souvenirs of the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs are displayed at a shop in Ocean Park as they make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors enter the panda enclosure to meet the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs as they make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors take selfie at the panda enclosure as the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors enter the panda enclosure to meet the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs as they make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors hold panda soft toy to enter the panda enclosure to meet the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs as they make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

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Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to media in Ocean Park during a greeting ceremony in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors shop at a panda-themed store in Ocean Park as the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Souvenirs of the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs are displayed at a shop in Ocean Park as they make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Souvenirs of the Hong Kong giant panda are displayed at a shop in Ocean Park as they make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors shop at a panda-themed store in Ocean Park as the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Souvenirs of the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs are displayed at a shop in Ocean Park as they make their debut appearance to public in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors enter the panda enclosure to meet the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs as they make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors take selfie at the panda enclosure as the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors enter the panda enclosure to meet the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs as they make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Visitors hold panda soft toy to enter the panda enclosure to meet the Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs as they make their debut appearance to public in Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Crowds flocked to the park Sunday to glimpse the pandas inside their enclosure. Their caretakers were at hand as the pandas climbed up a tree trunk or slept on a swing.

A large selection of panda-themed souvenirs was available.

The cubs don’t have names yet — they are being referred to as “Elder Sister” and “Little Brother.” A public competition to name them was launched Saturday following an event attended by Hong Kong leader John Lee and other officials. Residents can submit their suggestions via the park’s website, and the cubs' names will be announced in the first half of the year.

Visitors can see the cubs for five hours daily or can pay 1,500 Hong Kong dollars (about $190) to see them before the park opens.

With the cubs’ birth, Hong Kong now has the largest number of pandas in captivity outside of mainland China.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

AP PHOTOS: 6-month-old twin panda cubs climb and sleep at their debut in Hong Kong