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Junior Finalist Ngo Kar Min Giving
Junior

English Public Speaking
English Public Speaking Her Speech

Competition Finals Hannah represented the judges
Competition Finals
After Kar Min’s speech, Miss
to give comments on the finalists’

performance. Each contestant had
creative and informative topics,
After a long wait, Kuen entertained the crowds and were
Cheng High School’s Junior spot on for their facial expressions,
English Public Speaking voice control and confidence. All in all, well done to all the contestants! Although

Competition’s finalists were there were a few contestants who paused for a while throughout their speech
finally announced! The much- or forgot lines, they managed to move on and this was a good thing - they were
anticipated competition was held confident.
not long after, during the first
recess of 24th August 2022 at the The much-awaited part, the prize giving ceremony finally started after the
School Auditorium. There were judges’ comments. The trophies and certificates were presented by Miss Hor and
five finalists in total, including Miss Avlyn.
Emily Kuok Yee Han, Yap Li Qi,

Wong Sze Wei, Goh Jian Mayne Excellence Award: Emily Kuok Yee Han, Yan Li Qi
and Ngo Kar Min. Many staff members and students could be found flooding into Bronze: Wong Sze Wei
the auditorium to support the finalists. 2nd runner up: Goh Jian Mayne
Champion: Ngo Kar Min
Before the competition started, the competition’s judges were introduced,
namely Miss Jayanthi, Miss Hannah and Miss Lyra. Each finalist was required to After a group photo of the contestants and teachers was taken on stage, the
deliver a three-minute speech. The criteria for judging, meanwhile, will be based on competition formally ended. Once again, congratulations to all finalists for their
the finalists’ vocal, intonation, content and others. remarkable performances!

Emily delivered a speech on the importance of literature, which, in whole, can
give us an insight into different eras, inspire us (such as Little Women by Louisa May Reported by: Ng Yi Phin JR2Z(2)
Alcott) and ignite our imagination. Overall, it was a very enlightening speech for Photography by: Kuen Cheng Photography Club

everyone. Next up was Li Qi, who talked about the importance of maintaining one’s
mental health, which is a very relatable issue for us students, as we always find it hard
to balance our school work and daily life.

Next, Sze Wei presented a speech titled “Where’s That Dream?”. The main
message of her speech was, hardships strengthen you and therefore, you should
always believe in yourself. After Sze Wei, Jian Mayne delivered his speech on dealing
with disappointment. It is a natural feeling we all have that can’t be avoided, but can

deal with by having healthy expectations. Lastly, Kar Min presented her speech -
“Just Do It!”. This was also, like Li Qi’s, a very relatable speech. It was on the notorious
procrastination habit, so to stop it from happening, we should have a really tight grip
on reality and control ourselves.
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