Originally Posted by
tauphi
Haggling is a fact of life in Hong Kong with taxis, but you need to be able to converse with the taxi driver in order to do it. When taxis are scarce you probably won't be able to get one without haggling.
Curiously, in my 26 years in Hong Kong I have never once felt the need to haggle with a taxi driver, nor have I ever found taxis to be scarce when I needed one.