However, Hong Kong cultural figure Leung Man Tao feels that what the policy reveals is that although the government wishes to go over to mother-tongue instruction, it is not willing to face up to the public reaction and is therefore attempting to "please everybody."
香港文化界人士梁文道則認為，這是香港政府想回歸母語教學，又不敢面對民眾反彈，想「兩面討好」的結果。