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Some Hainanese clan leaders aiming to set up new group
Founders say they want to be inclusive, taking in even those who cannot prove their lineage
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(From left) The Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong and Burial Ground's adviser Ngiam Seng Wee, chairman Foo Jong Peng and treasurer Liang Foo Jee at a meeting with reporters yesterday. Mr Foo said he had applied to register the new federation with the Registry of Societies last September.
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Yuen Sin
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.
