HK students top English competition

If time could be turned back what would you do? Fifty students from all over the country gathered in Shanghai yesterday to speak on the subject in English.

It was the final of the Fifth "21st Century-Scholastic Cup" National High School and Primary School English Speaking Competition.

Zhang Rong from Diocean Girls School in Hong Kong was judged the Grand Champion in the Senior High School section, and Yuan Siying, also from Diocean Girls School, was judged the Grand Champion of the Primary School section.

The first runner-up in the High School section was Wang Xuan from No 10 Middle School of Nanchong, Sichuan. Liu Huixue from Qingdao Jinmen Road Primary School was the first runner-up in the Primary School section.

Wang Xuan will represent the Chinese mainland at the International English Speech Competition to be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May next year. He will be the first Chinese mainland high school student to participate in the London competition.