HKIIT Students Participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival Drone Show

In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival on 17th September, the night sky over Victoria Harbour was illuminated for the first time with a drone show at 8 PM. The Hong Kong Tourism Board’s Mid-Autumn Festival Drone Show featured 1,000 drones, creating dynamic patterns that resembling the Jade Rabbit, mooncakes, traditional rabbit lanterns, and transforming into fire dragons soaring across the sky. HKIIT students and teachers were honoured to participate, assisting in the technical and operational aspects during the rehearsals and witnessing this vibrant event that integrated elements of technology with traditional celebrations.

Students from HKIIT’s "Games and Animation" and "Theme Park and Theatre Creative Technology" higher diploma programmes had the opportunity to observe the workflow, production, rehearsal, and performance of the large-scale drone show. They assisted in the drone configurations, participated in equipment debugging, testing, and rehearsal drill, ensuring a smooth performance of the event.

Dr John Hui, the Principal of HKIIT, also attended the event to express gratitude to Bauhinia Magazine and Mr. Liao Guoliang for offering this golden opportunity to HKIIT students. He took the chance to motivate HKIIT students. He also encouraged them to share the fruitful learning experiences gained at HKIIT with their peers.

We are truly grateful to Mr Liao for his kind arrangement that allowed our students to be part of this unique Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. Our students were thrilled to witness the spectacle where a thousand drones lighted up the night sky over Wan Chai and looked forward to having more similar opportunities to gain further hands-on experience in the future.