History of Hakka Grand Gathering

[Dixie Dixie <dixie1999_2000@yahoo.com>]

Reposting an old entry from on Hakka Grand Gathering
by nclow@vtc.edu.hk  


>History of Hakka Grand Gathering
>(Author: Yang Fen, Summary: Eng-Seng Teoh )
>The Hong Kong Tsun Tsin Association, celebrated the
50th anniversary of 
>its existence in 1971 September 28th in Kowloon Er
Kuo Tao's International
>hotel.  Tsun Tsin also invited 47 Hakka groups with
250 rrepresentative from
>all over the world to celebrate with them.  
>
>During the celebration, it was decided to name it the
first Hakka Grand 
>Gathering and will take turn to celebrate it every
two year in different
>countries.  It was decided the second Hakka Grand
Gathering would be held in
>Taipei by Chung Yuan Hakka Association.
>
>The second Hakka Grand Gathering was held in Taipei's
Yuan Ping Nan Lu's
>Chung San Tang in 1973 October the fifth.  There were
67 Hakka groups
>from all over the world with 2400 representative took
part in the gathering.
>
>During the gathering, World Hakka Association was
formed, and the flag
>of Hakka Grand Gathering was approved. 
>
>The third gathering was supposed to be held in
Bangkok, Thailand but due to
>unexpected situation, it was relocated to Taipei and
was held in 1976, 
>October the 7th.  There were 61 groups with 1352
representatives.
>
>The fourth gathering was held in San Francisco in
1978 September 29th.
>There were 25 Hakka groups with 820 representatives. 
During the gathering, 
>it was approved that all Hakka participant should
speak Hakka throughout 
>the gathering. 
>
>The fifth Hakka Grand Gathering was held both in
Tokyo and Osaka in 1980
>3rd of October.  There were 33 groups with 1100
representatives.
>
>The sixth gathering was held in Bangkok in 1982,
September 25th.  There
>were 70 Hakka groups with 1352 representatives.
>
>The seventh gathering was again held in Taipei in
1984 October 7th at
>Tong Hua Pei Lu's Pan Asia Hotel.  There were 48
Hakka groups with 974
>representatives took part in the gathering.  
>
>The eigth gathering was held at Gandhi college in
Poli(?), the capital of
>Mauritis(?).  There were 15 groups with 210
representatives took part in the
>gathering.  It was held in 1986 from May 19th to May
22nd.
>
>The 9th gathering was held in San Francisco in 1988,
October 21th.  
>There were  31 Hakka groups with 458 representatives.
it was the first
>time the mainland China Hakka also took part in the
gathering. 
>
>The tenth Hakka Grand Gathering was held in Kota
Kinablu, Sabah, Malaysia
>in 1990.
>
>The eleventh Hakka Grand Gatering was held in Taipei
in 1992.
>
>The 12th gathering was held in MeiZhou city,
GuangZhou in 1994. 
>There were 80 groups from 30 countries with a total
of 1500 
>representatives took part in the gathering.  A comet
star
>is named after the MeiZhou city and is called MeiZhou
Xin.  
>
>The 13th gathering will be held in Singapore in 1996.
  
>  
>
>



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