Khouw Yauw Kie, Kapitein der Chinezen (died in 1908), also spelt Khouw Jaouw Kie, Yaouw Kee or variations thereof, was a high-ranking, Chinese-Indonesian bureaucrat. The Kapitan Khlebnikov is a polar-class icebreaker combing power and technology with comfort. No passenger ship has transited the Northwest Passage more often than the renowned Kapitan Khlebnikov.

Contents • • • • Life [ ] Born in, capital of the, Khouw was the second son of (died in 1883), and was as such a grandson of the tycoon (died in 1843). He was also a nephew of the landlords. Siyaasat torrent. His father, uncles and grandfather held the honorary rank of, proper to Chinese officials in the civil bureaucracy of, but without any of the substantive responsibilities. As the issue of Chinese officers, Khouw held the colonial hereditary title of. Khouw's family was one of the wealthiest dynasties of the or the Chinese gentry ( baba bangsawan) of colonial Indonesia. Sinhala reggae songs mp3 free download music. In 1883, Khouw was appointed by the colonial government as a substantive Luitenant der Chinezen with a seat on the Chinese Council of Batavia.

He, thus, became the first member of his family to serve as a substantive Chinese officer and to sit on the Chinese Council. In 1887, he also became the first in his family to be further elevated to the higher rank of Kapitein der Chinezen. Khouw served in office during the tenure of, the of the Chinese community of Batavia. Khouw was married to Tan Him Nio, daughter of and sister of the landlord and plantation owner. Foreign encounters [ ] As one of the most significant figures of late nineteenth-century Batavia, Khouw was noted by a number of foreign visitors to the East Indies.

The English aviation pioneer, brother of, was a guest at the Kapitein's residence while on a visit to Java in the late 1880s. Baden-Powell wrote: ‘[T]he Captain of the Chinese is a great man. He has a large abode with a big courtyard in front, like a Chinese edition of.’ The aviation pioneer further commented on the Kapitein's private dinner party: 'We went expecting to dine off bird’s-nest soup, roast dog, and such-like heavenly delicacies, but were, in a way, really disappointed to find that our kind host had hired in for the occasion the best French cook to be got in Batavia, and an excellent little dinner he gave us. The other guests, to the number of about a dozen, were mostly Dutch officials.' Baden-Powell also had the opportunity to meet the Kapitein's wife, 'looking very glum, in a dress rather suggestive of nocturnal attire, but resplendent with diamongs.’ Another English writer,, refers in his to Khouw's Chinese Captaincy and membership in the Chinese Council, and to his family's influence in Batavia.

Death and legacy [ ] The Kapitein died in 1908. Today, Kapitein Khouw Yauw Kie is best remembered as one of the former owners of, a historic landmark in the of. He was eventually succeeded on the Chinese Council in 1905 by his first cousin,, who went on to serve, from 1910 until the latter's death in 1945, as the last Majoor der Chinezen and ex officio Chair of the Chinese Council of Batavia. References [ ].