At that time UCSTAM leader Lim Lian-geok believed that given that the Chinese comprised about half of Malaya's population, it was only reasonable to insist that Chinese-language schools were brought into the education system.
當時的「教總」領袖林連玉認為，馬來亞華人佔總人口的一半（1950 年代數據），爭取華教納入體制合情合理。