Cantonese people in Hong Kong

__NOTOC__ Cantonese people represent the largest group in Hong Kong. The definition usually includes people whose ancestral homes are in Yue Chinese speaking regions of Guangdong province, specifically the guangfu (廣府) region, although sometimes Sze Yap people, the Hakka people or Teochew people (Chiu Chow/Teochew) may be included.City on the Rocks: Hong Kong's Uncertain Future - Page 196 Kevin Rafferty · 1990: quote: Wu's admirers describe him as the man of the future and ( forgetting Li Ka - shing ) as Hong Kong's first Cantonese billionaire Historic Hong Kong censuses distinguished people of Guangdong origin into Guangzhou and Macau, Sze Yap (Siyi), Chaozhou, and Hainan origins, as well as the Indigenous people of the New Territories.

When the population census was first conducted in 1881, it found only 3668 people, with over 95% percent of the population being from Guangdong Province.

Gregory Guldin describes a "Cantonese chauvinism" where the Cantonese are seen as superior to the other Chinese groups in Hong Kong.

In the first few post-war decades, there was an economic rivalry between the Cantonese and the minority Shanghainese. Cantonese could be said to be less willing to work with the British colonizers in their business dealings, and subsequently were less preferred to become representatives to the Legislative Council.Goodstat

Statistics 1961 Census data of Cantonese speakers by district +Hong Kong Island%Kowloon%New Territories%Islands%Central90.5Tsim Sha Tsui69.7Tsuen Wan58.6 -68.6Sheung Wan89.5Yau Ma Tei91.8Tsing Yi56.6West79.8Mong Kok87.2Ma Wan60.4Mid-levels/Pok Fu Lam77.2Kowloon City75.1North59.1Peak44.4Sham Shui Po80.2Sai Kung35.0Wan Chai91.2Kwun Tong61.7Sha Tin68.9Tai Hang81.3Wong Tai Sin68.0Tai Po48.8North Point74.9Tuen Mun66.5Shau Kei Wan86.2Yuen Long71.9Aberdeen87.9South72.5

Average: 78.98

Standard Deviation: 14.8

Coefficient of Variation: 0.21

Cantonese people in Hong Kong

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