Students from Hong Kong secondary schools showed off their English speaking skills by competing to represent the city in a nation-wide contest on Saturday.

Barsa Rai Ga-sa from St. Mary's Canossian College competes in the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Judges watch as a candidate competes during the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (EDMON TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Shing Cheuk-yan from St. Paul's Convent School competes in the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

China Daily Asia Pacific's publisher and editor-in-chief Zhou Li delivers a speech during the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (EDMON TANG / CHINA DAILY)

The Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition is held at the Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

(From left to right) Zhou Li, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific; Ma Hiu-chun from Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School; Rai Barsa from St. Mary's Canossian College; Zoe Leung from G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College; Scarlette K F Leung, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's executive director for corporate planning, communications and membership, and Mao Rongya, representative of Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR, pose for a group photo during the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

(From left to right) Joyce Dorothea Schroeder from Christian Alliance S C Chan Memorial College, Shing Cheuk-yan from St. Paul's Convent School and Lou Leung-hei from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College pose for photos at the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

The organizers, guests and student participants pose for a group photo at the Hong Kong regional contest finale of the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2018. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)