The average education level was low within the Malaysian Chinese community, and the habit of judging people by their wealth deep-rooted. Furthermore, Chinese-owned companies generally believed that high-school graduates were capable of doing the work, and hiring college graduates would be overkill. Many Taiwan graduates had a hard time surviving back in Malaysia, but they refused to throw in the towel. They established their own businesses and made impressive achievements.
在教育水準不高的移民社會中，尊富抑貧的觀念根深柢固，一般僑社商家則認為高中畢業就足以勝任職員了，請大學生是「名堂很大的事」，許多留台人在不得志之際，紛紛興起自己創業的念頭，之後闖出一點成就，「這也算是壞事變好事吧！」