"If the MCA had been able to latch onto that high level of public feeling and turn it on the government, they'd have certainly at least been able to improve the standing of the Chinese language, even if they couldn't completely turn it around," recalls Sim with obvious regret.
「若馬華公會當時能把握高漲民氣向當局爭取，就算不能完全扭轉華語地位，也必可改善華語處境，」沈慕羽如今回憶仍相當惋惜。