The ranks of the Marga Zhang Riau management along with a number of Marga Zhang residents in Pekanbaru

News24xx.com - After being formed in October 2018, the management of Marga Zhang Riau was immediately installed on August 18, 2019 the day after tomorrow at the Furaya Hotel, Pekanbaru.

The Chair of the Committee, Dirmanto (Zhang Yao Khun) said, there were around 60 administrators of the Marga Zhang who would be appointed to carry out the mandate of running the organization of the Zhang Clan organization for the period 2019-2023.

"Robert Iwan Boyok (Zhang Ying Yuan), who will be inaugurated as Chief of the Marga Zhang Riau, for the next 3 years," Dirmanto told Riau1.com, Friday, August 16, 2019.

Dirmanto continued, in the inauguration process, his party invited all Zhang clans in Riau, outside Riau and also from abroad.

"It is estimated that there are around 125 invited guests who will come from outside Riau, including Jakarta, Bandung, Garut, Tasikmalaya, Singkep Island, Tanjung Balai Karimun, Makassar, Lampung and Medan," he explained.

"While from abroad, several cities in Malaysia, Taiwan-Taipei, and also from the world Marga Zhang, whose representatives are from Singapore," he continued.

Still said Dirmanto, for Riau alone there were around 300 family heads (KK) of the Zhang clan who would attend. It is estimated that there are thousands of people who enlivened the inauguration of Marga Zhang Riau's management.

"Before the inauguration ceremony, on Saturday, August 17, 2019 night, we held a wellcome dinner for guests from out of town and abroad," said Dirmanto accompanied by Deputy Chair of the Committee, Rudi Hartono (Zhang Yong Kai).
 
"On 18 August 2019 in the morning, guests from out of town and abroad will be invited to a city tour to visit several tourist destinations in the city of Pekanbaru, such as the Satya Dharma Vihara (Kwan Tee Kong Bio) in Rumbai and the Sacred Earth Education Center Maitreya," he explained.

He explained Dirmanto, the peak night of the inauguration of the Marga Administrator Zhang Riau would also be filled with various entertainment, including inviting Chinese artists from Malaysia.

"Of course, the inauguration of the director of the Riau Riau Clan, as well as being a place to introduce a number of attractions in the city of Pekanbaru to guests who come from abroad," he concluded.

To note, the Zhang Clan in the Latin Hokkien spelling, Thio or Tio and in another spelling, Chang or Tjong, is the third largest clan in mainland China and ranks 24th in the Hundreds of Chinese Clans (Bai Jia Xing).