Shih Kuei-tsai states that back in 1961 the Hong Kong authorities promised that "the majority of the residents of Rennie's Mill could continue to live in their current residences and remain indefinitely."
石桂才表示，在民國五十年六月，調景嶺居民曾獲香港政府承諾「調景嶺居民，大多均可繼續在其現有屋內，作無限期居留」。