Lung of the Department of Architecture at Hong Kong University has pointed out that until the 1970s, the British never made any plans for Hong Kong to become a "cultural entity." In other words, they rarely thought about what the people of Hong Kong wanted. "The British who came to Hong Kong in the early days were all young people.
香港大學建築系學者龍炳頤在其著作中指出，從香港開埠以來迄七○年代，英國人從未計畫過要將香港發展成「文化之邦」，也就是說，很少想到香港人真正的需要是什麼。