There's not enough time. And anyway, there are not that many students in Hong Kong, while there are 40 or 50 publishing houses, so each house can only sell a very limited number of books. Since these publishers have only limited manpower and financial resources, having to produce new texts would become a major burden, "points out Rodney Chui.
「我們不可能九七之後立刻改編另一套，一來時間太趕，二來香港學生不多，市場很小，但出版商多達四、五十家，人力、財力資源有限，會造成很大的負擔」，徐方正指出。