Lam Sair Ling comments that from a historical perspective, colonial history is part of Hong Kong, and is not something that can be obliterated simply because it is not to the liking of the new political authority. "Without its colonial past, would Hong Kong still be Hong Kong?"
林社鈴指出，從歷史的角度看來，殖民地歷史已是香港的一部份，不能說是因為「新政權」不同意，它就要被消滅，「沒有殖民，香港可還成香港？」