Ah-Jin, who liked nanguan and enjoyed relatively high status, had an idea: since the Spanish wouldn't allow the Chinese to form associations, he applied to set up a group nominally for the purpose of playing music. This was in 1820, 180 years ago, and it led to the establishment of the Tiong Ho Sia Chinese Music Association.
同樣喜好南管、身分特殊的阿錦，靈機一動，在西班牙不准華人結社的時代，他以玩音樂為名，在距今一百八十年前的西元一八二○年，向西班牙人申請成立了第一個華人聯誼社團──長和郎君社。