However, due to the insufficient emphasis that the Nationalists put on those mechanics and the deficiency of the cargo trucks purchased with the donations from Southeast Asia, Tan Kah Kee, who had always resented evil and prized integrity and efficiency, became deeply disappointed. Here the seeds were sown of his growing sentiment of aloofness and dissatisfaction toward the Nationalist government.
然而，由於國內對這批機工不夠重視，南洋捐款買的貨車又短少破舊，令嫉惡如仇、一生最重視廉潔效率的陳嘉庚大為失望，種下了他對國民政府疏遠不滿的因子。