Fon ngiang! Huanying! 

Aloha and Welcome to 2023, Year of the Rabbit

Rabbits are cute and cuddly and live very long. 

They're free-spirited, gentle, quiet, alert, smart, patient and very sociable. They have keen hearing and great eyesight.  

They symbolize fertility, creativity and most importantly .. Good Luck!

My name is Gary Wong and I am very excited to be your new President this year.

In fact everything about Tsung Tsin Assn is being modernized while keeping our Customs and Culture. 

We will be able to reach people beyond our Shores. We will reveal all this at our 1st General Meeting which will be held on Sunday March 19, 2023 at 1:30pm.  It will be held at our Clubhouse or via Zoom. Keep checking this website for the link and updates.

A Moment of Silence:

At this time, the entire Club wishes to express our sympathies and condolences to the families of Helen Y.T. Chang Wong and Margaret Chiu, both long-time members of Tsung Tsin Assn. 

And true to the Circle of Life, new ones come in their place. 

I would like to acknowledge and thank Richard Ho, son of our English Secretary, Becky Ho for putting together our new bookshelves while on his vacation back in the Islands.

And a Great Big Thanks to Brian Zhang, the contractor who oversaw our much needed renovations. Come on down and see it.

Life is precious. Please take care. Do Xia.  Xie Xie. 

Mahalo.    

                Gary K. H. Wong,  2023 President 

Dear Members,

On Sunday, November 20, 2022, the general membership approved changes to the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation in coordination to moving us from a 501(c)4 organization to a fully non-profit 501(c)3 type.  

Here are some highlights of the changes to the ByLaws and Articles of Incorporation to which all voting members previously received copies of.

Membership is now open to anyone with a sincere desire to further the Hakka culture.  Per the new Bylaws, this includes anyone who desires “to advance education about the Chinese Hakka history and culture, and to encourage, promote and perpetuate and preserve knowledge and understanding of the Chinese Hakka history and culture through social, educational and charitable activities in Hawaii and throughout the world.”

 1.  Membership is now open to anyone with a sincere desire to further the Hakka culture.  Per the new Bylaws, this includes anyone who desires “to advance education about the Chinese Hakka history and culture, and to encourage, promote and perpetuate and preserve knowledge and understanding of the Chinese Hakka history and culture through social, educational and charitable activities in Hawaii and throughout the world.”

2.   All previously designated Associate members aged 18 and up are now full members will full voting rights.

3.   The number of officers is now five (5) which include the President, President Elect, English Secretary, Chinese Secretary and Treasurer.  Three (3) longer term Director positions have been added.

4.   There is one (1) Standing Committee, which is the Nominating Committee.  

5.   There are now four (4) Advisory Committees:  Scholarship, Outreach/Publicity, Membership/Welfare and Hospitality.

6.   Provisions have been made to allow for electronic forms of communications, due to the challenges we faced during the pandemic.

After the IRS grants us the change to a 501(c)3 type organization which could take another 3-5 months, all donations will be fully tax deductible and we would be eligible for grant money.

It’s obvious to all of us Board members that our membership has been shrinking, even without the pandemic.  Add to this the poor participation, we struggled during the past few years keeping the club afloat. 

Having said that however, we are confident that these new changes will give us the ability to grow our membership ranks while still promoting and preserving our Hakka heritage. We hope you will get involved again with a new sense of revival and help us bring in more new members.  Thank you again for supporting this change.  

Aloha,

Ghary Won

Legislative Committee, Chair

IMPORTANT WEBINAR LINKS

1.  TO PURCHASE A COPY OF GARY COOVER’S BOOK, “Honolulu Chinatown: 200 Years of Red Lanterns & Red Lights”, go to Amazon here:  

https://www.amazon.com/Honolulu-Chinatown-Years-Lanterns-Lights/dp/1953208010/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=gary+coover+honolulu+book&qid=1668639455&sprefix=%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1

2.  TO OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF GARY’S BOOK AND HELP US AT THE SAME TIME, if you donate $100 or more to the Tsung Tsin Association, you will receive a FREE COPY of Gary’s book as a way of thanking you for supporting us.  Mail your check (please don’t send cash) to:

Tsung Tsin Association

1159 Maunakea Street

Honolulu, HI  96817

Be sure to include information on where you want the book to be sent including the NAME OF THE RECEIPENT, ADDRESS, CITY/STATE and CONTACT INFO (email or phone number) if we have any questions.

3. IF YOU JUST WANT TO DONATE TO OUR BUILDING FUND, mail your check (again, no cash) to the same address and be sure to include your contact info should we have any questions:

Tsung Tsin Association

1159 Maunakea Street

Honolulu, HI  96817

4.  FOR MEMBERSHIP, go to this link on this website and fill in an application and mail with your check to the address on the application.    “If you have any questions, email us at tsungtsinhawaii@gmail.com"

Click to view  - 31st  World Hakka Conference page with video clips

Hakka Dinner, July 7, 2018

Classes @ TTA

• How to "Restore Legacy/Scrapbook Photos with Digital Technology" (using Adobe Photoshop), Part 2, Date TBD, 

• The late Dr. Oliver Lee's conversational Hakka class notes/handouts, (1-6) are posted. Click to view