Chinese and English are the official languages of Hong Kong. English is widely used in the Government and by the legal, professional and business sectors. Trilingual professionals who speak English, Cantonese and Putonghua play a vital role in the numerous enterprises trading in Hong Kong or doing business with mainland China and Taiwan.
Cantonese speakers: 89.5% of population
Putonghua speakers: 1.38% of population
Other Chinese dialect speakers: 4.02% of population
English speakers: 3.5% of population
Other language speakers: 1.57% of population