MCA president Tan Cheng-lock, an ardent supporter of Chinese education before independence, became ill and retired, His son Tan Siew-sin, who took over from him, did not agree with Lim Lian-geok's tactics.
獨立前十分支持華教的馬華領袖陳禎祿因病退休，他的兒子陳修信接棒，卻不認同林連玉的鬥爭方式。