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.
The Lui family's desire to donate the building to the government stemmed from their sentimental attachment to it. They wished to preserve the structure and prevent its sale or dismantling.