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Which is to say, mainlanders settle in Hong Kong, they adopt Cantonese. If they don't, they don't. It's non-permanent-residents driving the increase in putonghua usage.
Probably the realization that HK is becoming more and more mainland. Have you seen the movie Ten Years? Very interesting perspective if you haven’t
