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===Chinese=== {{bar box |title=Ethnic groups in Hong Kong (2021)<ref name="HKCENSUS">{{cite web|title=Main Tables|url=http://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-mt.html|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120115053/http://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-mt.html|archive-date=20 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/data/stat_report/product/B1120106/att/B11201062021XXXXB01.pdf|title=2021 Population Census: Summary Results|access-date=2022-09-04|date=February 2022|pages=43}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Ethnic groups (alone) |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Hong Kong people|Chinese]]|yellow|91.6}} {{bar percent|[[Filipinos in Hong Kong|Filipino]]|red|2.7}} {{bar percent|[[Indonesians in Hong Kong|Indonesian]]|blue|1.9}} {{bar percent|[[South Asians]]|purple|1.4}} {{bar percent|Other|orange|3}} }} Historically, the major [[Chinese peoples|Chinese groups]] in Hong Kong include the [[Cantonese people|Cantonese]] (including [[Punti]] and [[Taishanese people|Toishanese]]), [[Hakka]], [[Hoklo people|Hoklo]],<ref>Kelly, Margaret. ''Fodor's China''. [[Fodor's Travel Publications]], 2011. {{ISBN|0307480534}}, 9780307480538. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6Fz4-_8xe3sC&pg=PA392 392].</ref> and [[Tanka people|Tanka]] (mostly Cantonese speakers).<ref>Ng Lun, Ngai-ha. In: Ring, Trudy, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda (editors). ''International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania'' (Volume 5 of International Dictionary of Historic Places, Trudy Ring, {{ISBN|1884964052}}, 9781884964053). [[Taylor & Francis]], 1996. {{ISBN|1884964044}}, 9781884964046. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vWLRxJEU49EC&pg=PA358 358].</ref> The [[Punti]], and [[Tanka people]] in Hong Kong are largely descendants of the indigenous population, while the [[Hakka]] and [[Hoklo people|Hoklo]] groups are composed of both indigenous groups and more recent migrants. Most [[Teochew Min|Teochew]]-speaking migrants immigrated to Hong Kong between the late 1940s and early 1970s, while migrants from [[Fujian]] (previously [[Southern Min]] speakers, and increasingly more [[Central Min]] and [[Northern Min]] speakers) have constituted a growing number of migrants since 1978.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hu-DeHart|first=Evelyn|author-link=Evelyn Hu-DeHart|title=Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2006|pages=122β125|isbn=978-962-209-776-6}}</ref> Many Yue-speaking people such as Taishanese and Cantonese also migrated after 1949. According to the 2016 by-census, 92% of the Hong Kong population belongs to a Chinese ethnicity.<ref name="auto1"/> The Hong Kong census does not currently categorise Han Chinese subgroups nor does it differentiate other Chinese ethnicities, although in the past the census would collect information on language and dialect use.<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://www.persee.fr/doc/clao_0153-3320_1984_num_13_1_1144| title = The Hong Kong cantonese speech community β PersΓ©e| journal = Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale| year = 1984| volume = 13| issue = 1| pages = 57β90| doi = 10.3406/clao.1984.1144| last1 = Bauer| first1 = Robert Stuart}}</ref> However, the majority of Hongkongers of Chinese descent trace their ancestry to various parts of Southern China: the [[Guangzhou]] area, followed by [[Siyi]] ([[Taishanese people|Toishanese people]]), [[Chaoshan]] (a region of Eastern Guangdong home to [[Teochew dialect|Teochew speakers]]), [[Fujian]], and [[Shanghainese people in Hong Kong|Shanghai]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ng Sek Hong|title=Labour Law in Hong Kong|publisher=Kluwer Law International|year=2010|pages=19|isbn=978-90-411-3307-6}}</ref> Some [[Cantonese people]] also originate from [[Hakka]]-speaking villages in the [[New Territories]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of diasporas: immigrant and refugee cultures around the world. Diaspora communities|editor1=Melvin Ember |editor2=Carol R. Ember |editor3=Ian Skoggard |publisher=Springer|year=2005|volume=2|pages=94β95|isbn=978-0-306-48321-9}}</ref> [[File:Stanley Market 6, Mar 06.JPG|thumb|300px|[[Stanley Market]]]]
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