He recalls that not only can one trace commonalities in the genealogy and culture of Chinese in Taiwan, mainland China, and southeast Asia through these, but the old temple in Johor can do even more to provide historical evidence to help in the establishment of the history of the pioneering of Johor Bahru.
他認為，不但可以據此考據台灣、大陸及東南亞華人在血緣及文化上的共同點，而柔佛古廟的歷史考證更有助於新山開埠歷史的建立。