Huang explains that one reason is that, with government finances being tight, the budget for civil servants 'uniforms has been eliminated. Moreover, as mass movements became widespread in the 1980s and 90s, civil servants generally stopped wearing youth dress because it symbolized government service.
他指出，一來是因為國家財政困難，刪除了公務員製作青年裝的預算；其次是群眾運動漸盛行，青年裝既是公務人員的象徵，為了避免惹禍上身，大家紛紛棄而不穿了。