This was something many pupils felt they could not get used to. One third-former at Queen's College said that if the crown on the school badge really had to go, then he hoped they would "just leave it blank, and not put a red star or bauhinia flower on it."
這使得許多學生感覺不習慣，皇仁書院一位中三學生說，如果校徽上的皇冠一定得除去那他寧願選擇「讓它空在那兒，而不要加上紅星或紫荊標誌」。