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Extracurricular intelPublished 2026-10-10

78th Speech Festival: video upload from 30 Oct, live rounds from 16 Nov

For the 78th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival, video-mode uploads run 30 October to 5 November and live competitions 16 November to 16 December. Schools submit entries; families cannot enter directly.

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Key date2026-11-05

Official notice

For the 78th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival, the video submission window runs from 30 October to 5 November 2026 and live competitions take place from 16 November to 16 December, with Cantonese, Putonghua and remaining classes held in December. Schools submit entries on behalf of students and families cannot register directly; results are released progressively from January 2027.

Gradepath analysis

This is the largest speech competition in Hong Kong and the one language activity secondary schools can quantify: a strong result goes straight into the student profile and carries real weight in discretionary place and DSS interviews. Adjudication covers seven dimensions — understanding, tone, pace, articulation, projection, eye contact and memorisation — and pace and stress are exactly where Cantonese-first speakers lose marks. With about three weeks to upload, the focus is no longer memorisation but flow and pause.

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Official source：香港學校音樂及朗誦協會 ↗

Dates, quotas and admission arrangements follow official and school announcements; the analysis here is general information and is not individual admissions or professional advice.

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