Kuala Lumpur's Chong Hwa Independent High School was one of the schools then operating both as a government middle school and as an independent school. Its principal, Tan Soon-hock, recalls the hardships of operating at the time, of feeling like a gang of beggars-having to run around not only to rustle up money, but also to find students.
吉隆坡「中華獨中」是當年改制後同時兼辦的獨立中學，校長陳順福回憶當年的慘澹經營，深感自己如同「丐幫」，不但必須到處找錢，還要想盡辦法找學生。