On February 5, 2009, as Malaysia's Chinese community was in the midst of Chinese New Year celebrations, news broke that the community had lost its spiritual leader, Chinese education pioneer Sim Mow-yu, at the age of 97.
2009 年 2 月 5 日，馬華社會還沈醉在農曆新年的喜氣中，卻驚聞華教鬥士沈慕羽老先生以 97 歲高齡辭世，華社痛失精神領袖。