From The Intellectual Elites in Malaysian Chinese History, one of a series of works sponsored by Academia Sinica's Program for Southeast Asian Area Studies, it can be seen that more than half the most influential Malaysian Chinese, whether active in political, commercial or cultural fields, were involved in Chinese-language education.
從中央研究院東亞區域研究計畫所籌劃出版、為全面勾勒馬來西亞華人群像的《馬來西亞華人歷史與人物》系列著作中可發現，不論政界、商界、文化界，大馬影響深遠的歷史人物，一半以上與華教有關，足以說明華人為教育付出的心力！