Since their fathers were Chinese, they inherited the traditional rites and customs of Chinese culture--they wore traditional Chinese dress at weddings and festivals--but they were thoroughly Malay in terns of their food and drink. Their education was British, and most of them couldn't speak or write Chinese.
由於他們的父親是華人，生活禮俗都傳承華族文化，著華人古代禮服行婚禮，過節時著唐衫唐褲；然而飲食卻完全馬來化，接受的則是英式教育，多半不會說華語、寫華文。