Sia (title)

Sia (Chinese: 舍; pinyin: Shè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sià; Javanese: Sio[1]) was a hereditary, noble title of Chinese origin, used mostly in colonial Indonesia.[2][3][4] It was borne by the descendants of Chinese officers, who were high-ranking, Chinese civil bureaucrats in the Dutch colonial government, bearing the ranks of Majoor, Kapitein or Luitenant der Chinezen (see: Kapitan Cina).

The late colonial statesman Kan Hok Hoei Sia (first row, second from left) with other members of the Volksraad. A Sia, Kan was descended from Han Bwee Kong, the first Dutch-appointed Kapitein der Chinese of Surabaya.
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  2. ^ Blussâe, Lâeonard; Chen, Menghong; Myra Sidharta (2003). The Archives of the Kong Koan of Batavia. Amsterdam: BRILL. ISBN 9004131574. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. ^ Benedanto, Pax; A. S., Marcus (2002). Kesastraan Melayu Tionghoa (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia bekerjasama dengan Yayasan Adikarya IKAPI dan the Ford Foundation. ISBN 9789799023360. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Min Hakka Language Archives". Min Hakka Language Archives. Academic Sinica. Retrieved 3 November 2018.