Chinese-Malaysian graduates of Taiwan universities rarely keep in touch with interest groups in the Chinese community, he observes, and hardly ever show up in legal, medical or other professional associations, perhaps because of the problem with their degrees.
他自一九八五年從台大歷史系畢業，束裝回大馬後，觀察留台人在華社當中不常與其他團體聯繫，在社會主要組織如律師公會、醫藥公會等，也許由於學位問題不能執業，也甚少露面。