Joined Communist Party and eventually became intellectual property of the State (Chinese: 國寶).
Through communal spirit (instead of individual idolization or personal branding) among the Pinchao generation (grandfathered into the system in the 1950s), the Cultural Revolution[6] and various other events, gone in this arena was life tenure.
(Unadulterated by interpreter, as Fong Yim Fun, his former co-star on stage and in films, can move at will [8] between Cantonese and English or not is not known.)
Gave lessons (to all, including different descent and nationality) in Chinatown while living in New York, USA since 1988 for citizenship.
Also, he looked over the shoulders of his former students who held offices, gave lessons and took-up various responsibilities he left behind (as artistic director, Guangdong Cantonese Opera Institution in 1988) during his yearly returns to mainland while his speech always remained clear and diction was still good all along.