He tells young people, "So you say Rennie's Mill is anti-communist; well then what about Vietnam and Cambodia--should they all go to Taiwan?" With only eight years to go before 1997, movement in and out of Rennie's Mill is still normal. Old people are especially reluctant to go.
對調景嶺的居民來說，九七的影響甚大，尤其是過慣了依山傍水平靜生活的老年人，大部分都不願離開，不少老人家甚至堅持要留到九七大限的最後一分鐘。