Section 68: Gabungan Persatuan Tionghua Bahau
The Bahau TiongHua Associations Federation also oversees three cemeteries, namely the Bahau Jelai Road Chinese Cemetery, Bahau Mahsan Chinese Cemetery, and the Sungai Rui Chinese Cemetery. Before the Qingming Festival each year, they clean the weeds to facilitate tomb sweeping by worshippers.
On World Peace Day, which falls on August 15th each year, the Bahau Tiong Hua Associations Federation and many Chinese community leaders gather at the memorial monument of victims of the Japanese occupation, not far from Sungai Rui New Village, for a public memorial service, mourning the 368 victims who were brutally massacred by the Japanese during that period. Additionally, the Bahau TiongHua Associations Federation manages the Bahau Jitshan Hall, which is available for use by families or the public for transgression praying activities. When using the hall, users only need to pay for utilities such as electricity, gas, and water.
Among them, the Taman Meranti Town Grand Hall was applied for in 2019 under the leadership of the 16th president, Dato' Lin Yang Ming(林祥明) and a request was made to the then State Minister, Dato' Seri Mohamed Hassan, to use the land for the construction of the Grand Hall. On July 5, 2012, they received the notice that the land (2799) was approved for the construction of the Grand Hall. As a result, the Bahau Tionghua Associations Federation now possesses this magnificent Grand Hall.
The primary purpose of establishing the Bahau TioungHua Associations Federation was to serve the local community and its members, as well as to contribute to the local area and society.
Currently, the Bahau Tionghua Chinese Associations Federation has been renamed as the Bahau Tionghua Associations Federation, and it now has 17 affiliated associations, including the Bahau Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Bahau Hokkien Association, Bahau Kwangxi Association, Bahau Ko Chao Association, Bahau Hakka Association, Bahau Chi Wen Alumni Association, Bahau Siong Kong Association, Bahay Chinese Yit Shoo Sah, Bahau TeoChew Association, Malaysia Hokkien Eng Choon Har Leng Family Association, Bahau Hainan Association, Bahau Chess Association, Bahau Hawkers Guild, Bahuu Elderly Association, Bahau Guangdong Association, Bahau Chung Clan Association, and the Bahau Elderly Mahsan Leisure Club.
The Bahau Tiounghua Associations Federation was established on October 5, 1978. At its inception, it had only ten registered associations, including the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hakka Association, Ko Zhou Association, Siong Kong Association, Chi Wen Alumni Association, Kwangsi Association, Hokkien Association, Chinese Yit Shoo Sah Bahau, Dong'an Association, and Pingmin Mutual Aid Association. Mr. Lim Guozhong ( 林国仲)(representing the Chinese Chamber of Commerce) served as the first president. After his inauguration, he invited Dato' Tseng Yong Sin（拿督曾永森）, the Minister of Housing and Local Government, to preside over the inaugural ceremony of the first board of directors.