Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Thread Started on Jan 6, 2009, 10:17am »
Federation Of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Malaixiya. Zhonghua Dahuitang Zonghui) No. 1 Jalan Maharajalela Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan 50150, Kuala Lumpur 50150, Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-22734008 Fax: 603-22734020 url: http://www.founder.net.my/huitang
List of Clan associations In Malaysia
Guangdong clan associations
Guangdong Clan Associations are associations of people from Guangdong province in southern China.
The Kwan Tung Hui Kuan (Guangdong Clan Association) in Taiping, Perak is based in the Temple for the Immortal Woman He, Temple Street. It was founded in 1887 by Chung Keng Quee and others. The temple was renovated in 1948 and 1954. A pair of old stone lions still grace the forecourt. The Ho Hsien-ku Miaou, or temple for Ho, the Immortal Girl, shares the same compound as the association. Ho is one of the Eight Immortals of Chinese legend and is said to have come from Tseng-ch'eng county, Kuang-chou prefecture.
There is also a Shunde Clan Association (Shun-te Hui Kuan) in Taiping. It was probably founded in 1895. It is located at 36 Kota Road.
Cheah Si Hock Haw Kong Kongsi (谢氏福候公公司), 8 Armenian Street, 10200 Penang
Soon Clan Association (孙氏公会), 83 Patani Road, 10150 Penang +60-4-229-3598
Tay Koon Oh Kongsi (帝君胡公司) / Teng Bee Oh Toon Bok Tong (鼎美胡敦睦堂) / She Foo Kongsi Ann Teng Tong (永定胡氏安定堂), 70 Penang Street, 10200 Penang +60-4-262-0480
Penang Kuang Har Tong Ooi Kongsi (槟城江夏堂黄公司) / Ooi Si Chong Hoe Seah (黄氏宗和社), 112 Jelutong Road, 11600 Penang
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #1 on Jan 6, 2009, 11:03am »
Hi Jeffery,
Welcome to our Forum.
Wow ! This is an awesome list - I bet our Malaysian colleagues will be very please with this listing.
I believe this listing needs to be included as an important "Reference" source. I hope our webmaster will replicate this listing as a reference source. If it is necessary to cite the source - I believe it comes from:
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #2 on Jan 6, 2009, 3:59pm »
I agree it is a most impressive list. I thought the Malays are not tolerant of such display of affinity by other ethnic minorities. I am quite wrong obviously
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Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #3 on Jan 7, 2009, 3:57am »
douglaslam,
Yes, ethnic minorities enjoy a great degree of freedom and can form their associations (Societies) in Malaysia for cultural reasons similar to Associations in other parts of the Western World. The situation becomes trickier when religion and politics come into play, as in any country, hence this forum has been going smoothly as some of the contentious issues have been avoided.
The list of Chinese Associations in Malaysia is even longer, every major town has a SIYIP Association or Clan Club, I was one of the founder member of the Tawau Siyip Association in Sabah East Malaysia, my wife was a leading light in the Keng Chew (Hailam) Association in Tawau. My wife who is a Lim (Lam in Cantonese) supports the Lim Association (one of the many surname associations). There is the Hokkien Association, the list goes on. Therefore even for a small place such as Tawau there are ample opportunities for the ethnic communities to join in the many associations. The Register of Societies in Malaysia (which has multi-racial officers) registers these Societies and issue annual licenses.
These Chinese and Clan Associations have been an important part of the Overseas Chinese and has had good support from the Chinese as the roles they play on a mainly voluntary manner covers:
a) Burial of the deceased Chinese. They will do all the work normally done by funeral parlours. This may sound strange but one need to remember many overseas Chinese died a lonely death away from their families, in places with no funeral parlour. They will dig the burial plot, prepare the body, supply a coffin, prepare joss sticks etc. These associations will do the necessary with dignity, and will do it according to the Chinese Custom. b) Preparation wedding feasts. The association will supply the tables and stools, come to the house and set up the cooking area, cut the firewood, slaughter the chicken, ducks and pigs, cook and serve the guests on "san paa tchoi" (village feast) fashion.
Those who lived in these villages or kongsi will appreciate what these association do, a lot of them are run on an adhoc manner, gathering the "experts" on short notice. I may be going off topic but hope to give some insight of these forgotten heroes.
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #4 on Jan 8, 2009, 3:06am »
Henry, thanks for the warm welcome. Actually I joined two years ago but have not been active. another good reference for info is the Xiao En Cultural Foundation (http://www.xiao-en.org/cultural/about.asp?loc=en) and you can find articles in Chinese and English about people like Khoo Thean Teik, Khaw Boo Aun, Chung Keng Quee etc. Sorry about that link for the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia. I googled again and got http://www.fecam.org.my/ from the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (http://www.acccim.org.my) but when I went there it seemed to be a Chinese online news site (Channel 5G). The ACCIM's site works as does the site for the Federation of Hokkien Associations Malaysia (http://www.hokkien.net.my/). I suppose it has to be phone or fax contact for FECAM.
Douglas, I don't think you might be far wrong, actually but I hardly think putting up a list of associations on Wikipedia can be seen as a display of affinity. If anyone were to take action against something as innocent as that it would surely be a display of paranoia in the extreme. That said, as the Malaysian March election results will demonstrate, people are not happy about the way things are and are prepared to take a stand to make things better. It is amusing, truly amusing that on the one hand we see so many people praising the American people for their demonstration in true colour-blindness and total fairness in the election of an African-American for president and in the same breath strike out at those of the Malaysian population who are asking for the same degree of fairness to apply here at home. Anyway, we ought not to talk about politics on a site dedicated to genealogy. The dead, at least, cannot hurt us for what we say here. And for that very reason I am going to stop here instead of commenting on Joe's opening paragraph. Hahahahaha.
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #8 on Jan 8, 2009, 4:14pm »
Thanks to Joe and Jeff for enriching and enlightening this spectator of the enlightened attitude of the Malaysian Govt. in regard to clan affilliation. Perhaps, I was still thinking in terms of another Muslim country's hard line attitude towards anything remotely Chinese in past years.
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #9 on May 8, 2009, 9:03pm »
Henry: Yoon Ngan can also be contacted via his posts on the Hakka Forum on Asiawinds... <http://www.asiawind.com/forums/list.php?f=1>. I have found him to be friendly, knowledgable and eager to help.
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #11 on Aug 14, 2010, 10:12pm »
my latest finding - my great grandfather, chung keng quee, founded the teh si eng eong tong which is in hockien, the teh surname association. chung (zheng4) in hockien is teh. which means, this association is also the association for anyone with the surname zheng4 or chungs (and cheng and cheang) as well.
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #12 on Nov 13, 2010, 8:28am »
My praises to you Mr Jeffery for doing such an excellent job.The list is very important for the younger generation of Malaysian Chinese.I think is very important to know our roots and about our ancestrals.I hope through this forum I will be any to get more information about the surname of Ho.Thank you
Re: Chinese Associations in Malaysia « Reply #13 on Nov 29, 2010, 12:04am »
Hi Joe, my name is Boyle and I'm from Singapore and new to this forum. Your post #3 mentions proper burial for overseas Chinese who died alone in a far away land like Malaya, that's what happened to my great-great grandfather about 100 years ago. I'd like to locate his tomb but the information I have about him is very limited. I have his name, the village he's from, the place he died (in Penang due to a bad accident) and buried but I do not know the exact year his passed on. Is there any kind of help I can sort from any person, clan or association?
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another good reference for info is the Xiao En Cultural Foundation (http://www.xiao-en.org/cultural/about.asp?loc=en) and you can find articles in Chinese and English about people like Khoo Thean Teik, Khaw Boo Aun, Chung Keng Quee etc. Sorry about that link for the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia. I googled again and got 