What percentage of people in Hong Kong speak Mandarin?

According to the 2011 Population Census of Hong Kong, there are 87,647 people speak mandarin which is only 1.33% of the total population. However, thanks to the Mandarin education in school there are more and more Cantonese-speaking people who can speak Mandarin well. read more

Instead, he always speaks and thinks in Cantonese. These people grew up in Mainland China and received fairly well education, yet they don't speak fluent Mandarin. Understanding Hong Kong is similar to other Mainland Chinese cities in this regard, it is not surprising to see only a few Hongkongers speak fluent Mandarin. read more

In Hong Kong, the percentage of people who can speak Mandarin is surprisingly low. But this should not come as too big a surprise as HK’s English language competency is also very low even when it was a British colony. However now students have to study Mandarin in HK. There are more people in Singapore who can speak Mandarin compared to HK. read more

[citation needed] In addition, the large number of shuangfei (Traditional: 雙非, Simplified: 双非） children (children born in Hong Kong whose parents are both from the Mainland) has increased the number of Mandarin speaking people, particularly in districts close to the border, such that Mandarin speaking children make up large proportions or even the majority of primary school students in those districts, causing the beginnings of a language shift in those areas. read more