The group included high-ranking officials such as Rafidah Aziz, the minister of international trade and industry and first minister of Sabah.
魚幫水，水幫魚 1970 年代後期，吳德芳以留台聯總的名義，促成了馬來西亞的第一支赴台經貿考察團，同行的包括大馬工商部長拉菲拉和沙巴州首席部長等高層官員。