HC Deb 18 March 1981 vol 1 c128W
21. Mr. Soley

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he proposes to take steps to encourage the use of the official Mandarin language in Hong Kong.

Mr. Blaker

No. This is a matter for the Hong Kong Government. English and Chinese are both official languages in Hong Kong, but the local Chinese dialect is Cantonese.