Stick to tradition and potentially lose out on newer members, or embrace modernity and become like “any other organisation”, as one expert says? Chinese clan associations are at a crossroads, as CNA’s Ang Hwee Min finds out. SINGAPORE: When younger, Ms Lynn Wong used to be embarrassed when people asked why she was being "weird" and "different" – by spending her Friday nights at a clan association instead of partying with friends. The heritage consultant, now 35, started training in martial arts