Some leaders from the Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong and Burial Ground (THK), which is now embroiled in a legal dispute with the Hainan Hwee Kuan clan association, are now planning to launch a new Hainan Federation that will conduct cultural activities for the Hainanese community.
Mr Foo Jong Peng, the THK's chairman, told journalists yesterday that he had applied to register the federation with the Registry of Societies last September.
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