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Khouw Keng Nio
Khouw Keng Nio was a colonial Chinese-Indonesian heiress and businesswoman, best known as the first woman in both Indonesia and China to become a licensed pilot. Born in Java, Dutch East Indies, Khouw came from a wealthy ''Peranakan'' business family. Her father, the entrepreneur Khouw Kim Goan, founded '' N.V. Merbaboe'', a large livestock, milk and beverage conglomerate in late colonial Indonesia; and her mother was an indigenous Indonesian woman. Her better-known brother, Khouw Khe Hien (1907-1938), also a pioneering aviator, initially envisaged air transportation for the company's products as a more efficient alternative to land and sea transportation. This grew into a full-blown obsession, which ended with Khouw's brother causing an international sensation in 1935, when he flew his Indonesian-built aeroplane, Walraven 2, in a 20-day-long journey from Bandung to Schiphol, Amsterdam, and onwards to other European destinations. Around the same time, Khouw Keng Nio also cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw (surname)
Khouw () is a Dutch-based romanization of the Hokkien surname Xǔ (許) in West Java, Indonesia. In Central and East Java, Kho is a more common romanization. Several (unrelated) families of this surname include: * The Khouw family of Tamboen, part of the ''Cabang Atas'' or the traditional Chinese establishment of colonial Indonesia: ** Luitenant Khouw Tian Sek, a landlord in the Dutch East Indies and patriarch of the Khouw family of Tamboen ** Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Kee, a landlord ** Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, a landlord ** Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po, a landlord ** Oen Giok Khouw, a prominent philanthropist and landowner in the Dutch East Indies ** Kapitein Khouw Yauw Kie, a bureaucrat and landlord in the Dutch East Indies ** Majoor Khouw Kim An, a high-ranking Chinese Indonesian bureaucrat, public figure and landlord in the Dutch East Indies * The Chinese-Indonesian millionaire Khouw Kim Goan's family of the late colonial era: ** Khouw Keng Nio Khouw Keng Nio was a colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Khe Hien
Khouw Khe Hien (1907–1938) was a Chinese-Indonesian aviation pioneer, businessman and millionaire heir. He is best remembered today for commissioning ''Walraven 2'', the first aeroplane manufactured in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Biography Born on August 29, 1907, in Muntilan, Central Java, Khouw came from a wealthy ''Peranakan'' business family. His father, the entrepreneur Khouw Kim Goan, founded Naamloze vennootschap, N.V. ''Merbaboe Bedrijven'', a large livestock, milk and beverage conglomerate in late colonial Indonesia; and his mother was a Indigenous Indonesian, ''pribumi'' Indonesian woman. He also had a younger sister, Khouw Keng Nio, Keng Nio, who became noteworthy in her own right as an aviator and businesswoman. Khouw Khe Hien was educated at the Europeesche Lagere School (ELS) in Magelang, then at the Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs (MULO) in Yogyakarta; only elite non-Europeans were allowed at both institutions. Khouw first became interested in aviation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
