But after many years of development, densely populated Hong Kong has a shortage of living space, and the developed area of the colony has steadily expanded. It has been impossible for Rennie's Mill to avoid being drawn into these changes. And things get even more complicated when you consider what the coming of 1997 means, given the town's political orientation.
可是經過多年的發展，香港因人口增加，住宅房舍不敷居住，開發範圍乃逐漸擴增，調景嶺終免不了要被納入改變；又因調景嶺過去的政治色彩，加上即將碰到的「九七」大限，致使問題更為複雜。