Originally Posted by
Noodlesz
My friends from Taiwan who grew up in the US don't bother w/ Mandarin in HK. They all say they get further with English and people treat them better.
Mandarin is still considered the "communist" language in HK in some regards, even still in 2014. It just has to do with a lot that the older generation has gone through and relates to the history of HK.
Just see what works best for you, but from what my friends say they all use English first over Mandarin. Obviously Cantonese would be best though.
It is, in hk. Not to mention that those who speak putonghua(ordinary language, as opposed to mandarin, which is spoken in tw officially) either screws up the social benefit system or screws up the city economy. Hence being rightly mistreated.