Although their proposal was finally refused, the case of Lee Tung Street has become a model for many other reconstruction proposals in Hong Kong, where residents take the initiative to participate in public affairs and determine their own futures.
雖然居民自提的方案最終被打了回票，但在舊區不斷翻新重建的香港，利東街已是居民凝聚社區意識，有自覺性地投入公共事務的指標案例。