Hong Kong people's reaction is not confined merely to sarcasm and derision. In March of this year, following the publication of the list of 100 approved English-medium schools, most of the other 24 schools which had applied but not been accepted appealed to the Education Department, and eventually 14 of them were approved.
今年三月，隨著一百所英校名單的公佈，另外二十四所提出以英語授課申請，但被評定「不通過」的學校也大多向教育署提出申訴，最後有十四所學校「上訴」通過。