However, at that point the construction company which was building the hall ran into financial difficulties. Construction would not be completed on time, so the opening seemed certain to be delayed. But this also meant that the project to recreate the astronomical clock tower was no longer under such pressure of time.
就在這時，承包科博館工程的營造廠發生財務危機，硬體無法如期完工，開館時間勢必延誤；但同時，水運儀象台復原出來的時間壓力也沒那麼大了。