The Inter-School Speech Contest of SKHTST Toastmasters Youth Leadership Programme (TYLP) took place on 4 July, 2026 at our Lecture Theatre. There were two events: The Junior Division Prepared Speech and the Senior Division Prepared Speech, both followed by an impromptu question-answer session for each speaker.

The themes of the contest were “Has the Internet Killed our Curiosity?” and “The Value of Experiential Learning in a Digital Age” for the Junior and the Senior Divisions respectively.

For the Junior Division (Primary 5 to Form 1), there were six contestants from six different schools. They were Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School, Dr. Catherine F. Woo Memorial School, KTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No.3 Secondary School, Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School, S.K.H. Ma On Shan Holy Spirit Primary School and our school.

In the Senior Division (Form 2 to Form 4), there were eleven contestants from eight different schools. They were HKCCCU Logos Academy, Ho Fung College, Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School, Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School, S.K.H. Lam Kau Mow Secondary School, Valtorta College, Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School and our school.

We were greatly honoured to have six judges, namely, Mr. Jacky CHIANG, Ms. Venus LAU, Ms. Winnie LOW, Ms. Joy PAMNANI and Ms. Elisabeth WONG with Ms. Deborah YU as the Chief Judge, adjudicating the contest.

Our Vice Principal Ms. WONG Wai Shan thanked all judges for their adjudication and most valuable written comments given to all contestants. To add spice to the contest, the audience members were invited to vote for The Most Interesting Speaker out of the 17 contestants on their mobile device. Five students in the audience also volunteered to take part in the Table Topics Session giving an impromptu speech.

Our TYLP, in its sixth year of establishment, was greatly encouraged by the 50 attendees at the Inter-School Speech Contest composed of teachers, parents and students from participating schools as well as our students, English teachers and TYLP members.

The winners are:

The Most Interesting Speaker

Junior Division	MAK Chi Lam	S.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School
Senior Division	NG Wang Leung	S.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School

Junior Division – Prepared Speech

First Place	MAK Chi Lam	S.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School
Second Place	Harvey James ILLAGA	KTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No.3 Secondary School
Third Place	LAI Pak Lok Lincoln	Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School

Senior Division – Prepared Speech

First Place	NG Wang Leung	S.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School
Second Place	LEE On Tung Leanna	S.K.H. Lam Kau Mow Secondary School
Third Place	YUNG Yuet	Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School

The Inter-School Speech Contest is the culmination of our eight TYLP meetings from February to April 2026. The meetings were attended by 59 members comprising 20 Primary 5 to 6 students, 18 junior form students (Forms 1 to 3) and 21 senior students (Forms 4 to 5) from five primary schools and three secondary schools, ours included. As a learning community, students volunteered for different roles such as emcees, speakers of prepared or impromptu speeches, evaluators, secretaries of evaluators and facilitators (timers and ah-counters).

Adding to the excitement in each meeting was the Voting for the Best Speakers by all members. Most inspiring were also the workshops given by different Toastmasters International members and their General Evaluation. Our deepest gratitude goes to Ms. Josie JAMES, Ms. Venus LAU, Ms. Audrey LI, Ms. Winnie LOW, Ms. Joy PAMNANI, Mr. Daniel WONG and Mr. Talis WONG for devoting their time to having meetings with us.

Special thanks also go to our retired former Vice Principal Mrs. Anne TAM, three current teachers Mr. LAM Ka Chun (Chief Advisor), Ms. HAI Wan Man, and Mr. Nathan MARTIN serving as Language Masters in the meetings.