The first Hakka Club was organized in Vancouver in 1944, by a group of Hakkas in the Chinese community. Among the leading pioneers were Messrs. Tee Wong, C. L. Wong, James Wong, Albert Hugh, and K. F. Tee. At that time, very few Hakkas could speak English and very often had difficulty communicating with even other Chinese as most of them spoke Cantonese, another Chinese dialect. It was almost impossible for them to find a job either in a white society or in Chinatown. Their life was miserable, lonely and depended on one another to survive. The club served a very useful purpose in helping the earlier Hakka immigrants, but unfortunately was later discontinued. 

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    By the 1950s, the conditions for the Hakka immigrants began to improve. By the 60s, there were many thousand of Hakka immigrants in BC, with most of them living in Vancouver. In the late 60s, another group, including some of the pioneers mentioned aboved recognized the need to fraternize among the Hakka immigrants and to maintain the fine tradition of the Chinese culture and started an organization drive. This took a couple of years, and by late 1971, the Vancouver Tsung Tsin Association (the official name of the Hakka association) was formed and was registered on October 25th, 1971, as a non-profit charitable organization under the Societys Act. A few months later, the association purchased the building and property located ar 542 Keefer, Chinatown as the permanent address of the association.