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Apr 26, 2010
Groups' links to China one reason why many sign up
By Yen Feng
Mr Christopher Chang (left), 43, head of Hainan Hwee Kuan's youth division, with its members (from left) Ms Phua Hui Shi, 23, an undergraduate; Mr Thang Wei Wang, 25, an entrepreneur; Ms Lee Yen Tinge, 22, an undergraduate; Mr Loi Hui Yang, 18, a polytechnic student; Ms Adeline Yap, 22, an undergraduate; and new council member Pang Qing Yuan, 24, an undergraduate. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
YOUNG Chinese professionals who used to shun clan associations are now embracing them.
Of the 20 clans The Straits Times spoke to last week, 17 reported an increase in the number of new, young members over the last two years.
The Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan, the largest clan with 8,000 members, did not provide detailed figures but its spokesman Tan Koh Tiang said the number of members aged below 35 had risen from 'tens to hundreds' since 2008.
Apr 26, 2010
Groups' links to China one reason why many sign up
By Yen Feng
Mr Christopher Chang (left), 43, head of Hainan Hwee Kuan's youth division, with its members (from left) Ms Phua Hui Shi, 23, an undergraduate; Mr Thang Wei Wang, 25, an entrepreneur; Ms Lee Yen Tinge, 22, an undergraduate; Mr Loi Hui Yang, 18, a polytechnic student; Ms Adeline Yap, 22, an undergraduate; and new council member Pang Qing Yuan, 24, an undergraduate. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
YOUNG Chinese professionals who used to shun clan associations are now embracing them.
Of the 20 clans The Straits Times spoke to last week, 17 reported an increase in the number of new, young members over the last two years.
The Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan, the largest clan with 8,000 members, did not provide detailed figures but its spokesman Tan Koh Tiang said the number of members aged below 35 had risen from 'tens to hundreds' since 2008.
