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style by G. Racina, an Italian contractor, at the then massive cost of f 500,000 (around US$ 250,000 at the time; or US$ 4.5 million in today's money). On its completion in 1932, the mausoleum's astronomical cost caused a sensation among the press of colonial Indonesia and the Netherlands. One
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of Batavia, would later acquire substantive and ever higher appointments in the colonial administration. For almost two centuries, the family as a whole exerted a great deal of influence in colonial Indonesia through their extensive landownership and control of bureaucratic offices.
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Unlike many of his brothers and cousins, Khouw lived his life as a private citizen and eschewed official involvement in the colonial Chinese bureaucracy. He was one of the owners of a colonial banking corporation, Than Kie Bank, and - together with
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Despite his lack of involvement in the colonial bureaucracy, Khouw was nonetheless well-known as a generous patron and benefactor of many charitable causes, both in Indonesia and Europe. In 1901, together with
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O. G. Khouw was part of the first generation of Indonesians to receive a thoroughly western upbringing and education. Although he grew up in Batavia, Khouw spent most of his later life in
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The decline of the Chinese Council of Batavia: the Loss of Prestige and Authority of the Traditional Elite amongst the Chinese Community from the End of the Nineteenth Century until 1942
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commentator noted that Khouw's mausoleum was considerably more expensive than the burial memorial of American billionaire
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of Khouw's father, uncles and grandfather were honorary appointments without any of the entailed governmental authority.
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in Switzerland. His ashes were transferred from Europe to Indonesia on board the SS Prins der Nederlanden.
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and D. N. van Stralendorff - of Tendjo Ayoe, one of the largest tea and rubber plantations in
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Together with Mas Asmioen and Oey Tiang Hok, he shocked Dutch colonial society by becoming
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As a descendant of Chinese officers, Khouw was born with the courtesy title of
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Riwajat 40 Taon Dari Tiong Hoa Hwee Koan Batavia (1900-1939)
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Sedjarahnja: Souw Beng Kong, Phoa Beng Gan, Oey Tamba Sia
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Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. p. 128. 150:(1874 – 1927), later more popularly known as 8: 158:, was a philanthropist and landowner in the 297:'Jang Seng Ie', which later grew to become 625:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 467:"Melihat dari Dekat Mausoleum O. G. Khouw" 18: 853:"Serene rust op begraafplaats Petamburan" 748:"Serene rust op begraafplaats Petamburan" 851:Nieuws Tour Indonesië (April 29, 2014). 320:in 1908. In so doing, they bypassed the 772:Prakoso, Johanes Randy (May 22, 2017). 409:Tokoh-tokoh etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia 373: 900:People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies 618: 587: 200:) of colonial Indonesia. His father, 186:(now Jakarta), he was a scion of the 7: 905:Indonesian people of Chinese descent 234:, and many of his cousins, such as 915:Dutch people of Indonesian descent 806:. J.H. Molenbroek. 12 October 1932 526:. Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. 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Index

Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Bad Ragaz
Switzerland
Luitenant der Chinezen Khouw Tjeng Kee
Khouw Tian Sek, Luitenant der Chinezen
Khouw Oen Hoei, Kapitein der Chinezen
Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen
Khouw Kim An, Majoor der Chinezen
Chinese name
family name
Khouw
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
mausoleum
Petamburan, Jakarta
Batavia
Khouw family of Tamboen
Cabang Atas
Khouw Tjeng Kee, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen
Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan
Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po
Luitenant Khouw Tian Sek
Chinese lieutenancies
'Sia'
Kapitein Khouw Oen Hoei
Kapitein Khouw Yauw Kie
Khouw Kim An
Majoor der Chinezen
fin-de-siècle

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