In 2000, the Lui's family proposed to the Antiquities and Monuments Office to donate the building to the Government of Hong Kong. The reason why they wanted to donate the government was because they had many memories of the building. They didn't want it to be sold or disassembled.
In 2000, the Lui family suggested to the government's Antiquities and Monuments Office that they donate the building to the government. This decision stemmed from personal significance; the family had strong emotional ties to the structure. They wanted to prevent its sale or demolition.