"You can usually get by with English, but if you go to a government agency you have to speak Malaysian to get anything done, and I need a minimum of Fukienese, Cantonese, and the Chaochow dialect in talking business with my clients," says Yu Mei-ling, who married a Malaysian fifteen years ago and now runs her own accounting office.
「平常說話用英文可以應付，到政府單位辦事非得講馬來話不可，和客戶談事情，最起碼得準備福建話、廣東話、潮州話，才能隨機應變」，于美鈴嫁到馬來西亞十五年，目前是于會計師事務所的負責人。不承認台灣文憑