 Following the negative reaction, SCMP stated that "HK Magazine" content would be migrated to the "South China Morning Post" website before the "HK Magazine" website was deleted.Additionally, Hong Kong data scientist Mart van de Ven launched a public appeal to help archive back issues of the magazine, expressing doubt that SCMP would preserve the full archive.However, he found that he was unable to access issue 1,103, which featured Leung Chun-ying on the cover.