The anti-British riots of 1967 caused the colonial government to take the aspirations and needs of the people of Hong Kong more seriously. Beginning in the 1970s, the Hong Kong government began to "plan more for their colonial subjects" in terms of housing and education, notes Lau Sai Leung.
六七年的反英暴動使得港府正視香港人的需求，從七○年代開始，香港在城市建設、教育規畫上都有「比較為殖民地人民的規畫」，劉細良形容。