This innovation got started in Singapore's overseas Chinese community, where it was pushed forward primarily by the late Ding Macheng in his capacity as director of the Siong Leng Musical Association. Although he passed away in 1992, his memory lives on.
然而，首開這一波波改革浪潮的則是華人移民社會新加坡湘靈音樂社前社長、於一九九二年過世的丁馬成。