Thanks to this "triple fusion," to their familiarity with the local language and culture and to their excellent relations with the colonial government, the baba's were generally wealthy, powerful and influential.
由於這「三元融合」，峇峇不僅瞭解當地語言及文化，又與殖民政府取得良好關係，因此大多有權有勢、富甲一方。