According to Kirby Yang, the Philippines 'problem has to do with their historical background in terms of politics and economics. Large-scale economic development has just been initiated in recent years, and the country has yet to be transformed into an industrialized society. Therefore, their industry has not caught up with the speed of their manpower development.
教育部政務次長楊朝祥的看法是，菲律賓的政經狀況有其歷史淵源，而該國近年來才開始大規模作經濟發展，尚未著手產業的轉型，產業沒有配合上人力發展的速度。