The Regional Final of the Primary School Category of the “21st Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition (Hong Kong Region) was held on 30 November at Kowloon Shangri La hotel.

A total of 17 contestants took part. Five Junior category contestants shared their ideas on the topic of “If I had super powers” and 12 contestants in the Senior category gave their views about “Colors of the world”.

Mrs. Margaret Leung, Miss Judy Tam and Mrs. Mary L. Witte from the English-Speaking Union, and Mr. Patrick Siu, founder of Language Services International, were the judges.

The results will be announced at the awards ceremony on 18 January, 2020.

A contestant gives his speech

The judges score the contenders

The competition is in progress

For detailed information on the contest, please follow the VDO English Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vdoeng/

“21st Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition (Hong Kong Region) is hosted by China Daily and VDO English, co-organized by Genius Development, and supported by English-Speaking Union, the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government, British Council and the Outstanding Young Persons’ Association.

Schedule of upcoming competitions:

Semi-final of the Secondary School category: 7 December, 2019

Final of the Secondary School and University category: 18 January, 2020