Li Hsiu-chin feels that the small size of the Chinese community--ethnic Chinese make up less than 2 % of the population in the Philippines, the lowest proportion in Southeast Asia--means that there is a special emphasis on participation in Chinese social groupings, with many of the older generation living entirely within their own Minnan community.
李秀琴覺得，菲律賓的華人只佔菲國人口不到百分之二，是東南亞國家中，華人最少的一個。因此他們特別重視華人的社交圈，許多老僑更是活在閩南人自己的圈圈裡，因此大家都對參加社團樂此不疲。