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A migrant Chinese clerk for a downtown Paramaribo clothing shop checks his mobile phone after leaving the shop. Clothing shops and big box stores, run by migrant Chinese, have risen like mushrooms after rain in the capital city...In the Surinamese community are ethnic-Chinese organizations, usually.demarkated by the region or intra-Chinese ethnicity. The organizations are funded by member's dues and provide seed capital for starting member businesses in Suriname. The oldest is Kong Ngie Tong Sang (Guangyi Tang in Pinyin) for the Hakka minority who are in the majority of the passport-holding Surinamese-Chinese. The so-called "New Chinese, most of whom do not hold Suriname citizenship, also have set up their own organizations. According to Chinese-Surinamese attorney and advocate for Chinese migrants, Patty Shen, says that there are various organizations for Chinese migrant groups, including Fatjauw Song Foei, Chung Fa Foei Kon, and organizations for migrants from Fujian, Zhejiang, Hainan provinces..