The happy accident of the Singaporean song "Passing the Lantern" becoming a symbol of Malaysian Chinese identity shows that Tan was not a stubborn nationalist: he simply wanted to give the best song to his beloved land.
… …「傳燈」這個源自新加坡卻成為馬華認同的「美麗的錯誤」，背後透露的，正是陳徽崇沒有門戶之見，只想把最好的歌聲獻給他最摯愛土地的赤忱吧。