Xie Zhiqiu Silvia (centre), a French minor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, won the third prize in the Pearl Delta Inter-university French Speech Contest on 23 February at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. A total of eight students from universities in Hong Kong and Guangdong took part in this regional competition, which is co-organized by the French Consulates of Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau, the Association of French Teachers in Hong Kong and Macau. The theme of this year was ‘Finding Success in the Delta’.