Taiwanese businesses were drawn to Malaysia, but found themselves totally unfamiliar with the new environment. Because recruiting people from Taiwan to work in Malaysia was not cost effective, Taiwanese businesses started hiring Taiwan graduates in their overseas companies. Malaysia's graduates from Taiwan universities finally had their chance.
台商到大馬投資，在人地生疏的情況下，留台人提供了很多協助，同時台商基於聘請台灣幹部成本高昂，也任用了許多留台人，留台人得到許多發揮才幹的空間。