In light of the need to attract young audiences to nanguan, Ding hoped to see someone young and creative succeed him as director of the Siong Leng Musical Association, and he spent his later years cultivating young Ms. Wang Pheck-geok for the post.
尤其是丁馬成以南管戲來吸引年輕人，並期望湘靈音樂社由年輕有創意的新生代來接任，於是晚年全力培養年紀既輕又是女性的王碧玉接任社長。