Double happiness in the sky

The biggest and most shiny supermoon is about to beam upon us, offering skywatchers a second chance within the month to catch it alongside Saturn.

People can in fact view the moon anytime during the night of August 30 and 31 as long as their sight is not blocked by cloud.

Experts at the Hong Kong Space Museum say the supermoon will be almost the same as the one on August 2, with the moon's distance to Earth similar.

The full moon at month's end is also a "blue moon." While this is the second full moon within a month such a phenomena only appears every 30 months on average.

Chinachem and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra are joining hands for the first time to present a series of public drumming activities.

Drum training along with performances that span all of Hong Kong's 18 districts are planned.

The aim is said to be to "infuse society with positivity through the sound of drumming in the wake of the Covid pandemic."

Collaborating with various district offices, district councils, and instructor networks, the orchestra will provide training for the local community including special groups such as ethnic minorities and young people in custody.

The orchestra will also assign instructors to train the groups and design two-minute filmed drumming performance based on ages and levels of participants.

The resulting videos will be shown online and at the One Beat, One World: Connecting Through the Drum carnival and concert presented by Chinachem on October 14 at West Kowloon Cultural District.