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Hong Kong People's native language is Cantonese, much like French in France for instance. Hong Kong people look down on Mandarin and the locals I have met all speak better English than Mandarin. (Including my ex-girlfriend who was born and lived her first few years in the mainland)
The choice is really based on where you want to do business now and in the future. If you have plans to work with the mainland, even as close as Shenzhen it will most likely be better to learn Mandarin. If you plan on working with Hong Kong strictly Cantonese will be better as Mandarin is very rarely used here with the expection of Mainland Chinese that immigrated here.
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