Hok Hoei Kan

Hok Hoei Kan
H. H. Kan
Born6 January 1881 (1881-01-06)
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died1 March 1951(1951-03-01) (aged 70)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation(s)politician, parliamentarian, community leader, landowner
SpouseLie Tien Nio
Children8 children
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Kan Hok Hoei Sia (Chinese: 簡福輝舍; pinyin: Jiǎn Fúhuī Shè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán Hok-hui Sià; 6 January 1881 - 1 March 1951), generally known as Hok Hoei Kan or in short H. H. Kan, was a prominent public figure, statesman and patrician landowner of Peranakan Chinese descent in the Dutch East Indies (today known as Indonesia).[1][2][3][4]

He was the founding president of Chung Hwa Hui (CHH), a Chinese-Indonesian political party, and sat as its leading parliamentary representative in the Volksraad.[2][5][6] He advocated cooperation with the Dutch colonial authorities in order to attain racial and legal equality for the colony's Chinese community, but was criticised for his pro-Dutch sentiments and perceived elite indifference to poorer Indonesians.[2][6][4]

  1. ^ Tempo (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Badan Usaha Jaya Press Jajasan Jaya Raya. 1985. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (1997). Political Thinking of the Indonesian Chinese, 1900-1995: A Sourcebook. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 9789971692018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. ^ Setyautama, Sam (2008). Tokoh-tokoh etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. ISBN 9789799101259. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789814345217. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ Lohanda, Mona (2002). Growing pains: the Chinese and the Dutch in colonial Java, 1890-1942. Jakarta: Yayasan Cipta Loka Caraka. ISBN 9789799722904. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b Dieleman, Marleen; Koning, Juliette; Post, Peter (2010). Chinese Indonesians and Regime Change. Amsterdam: BRILL. ISBN 9789004191211. Retrieved 15 June 2019.