由于历史的原因,在九七回归之前,粤方言是香港的法定语言之一,同时又是工作语言、教学语言和大众媒介语言,香港市民对普通话是陌生的,疏远的。
Due to historical reasons , Cantonese had been the official language , the major language for work , education and the mass media in Hong Kong before the 1997 hangover . Hence , Hong Kong people is strange to Putonghua .