Kao recommended to the GIO that there's no need to hold the GTA every year, but that every other year or every third year would suffice. He also advised that there be some limits on prizewinners, so that those who won this year might leave room next year for others.
高希均同時建議新聞局，金鼎獎不需每年舉辦，兩三年舉辦一次即可；其次對於得獎者可以作一點限制，今年得獎，明年就讓其他出版業也有機會得獎。