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Oey Cook
Oey (pronounced "wee" ) () is a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin and Dutch-based, West Java romanization. Literally "yellow", or "golden yellow", its Central Java romanization is Oei, while its pinyin version is Huang. Many Indonesians bearing this surname in Indonesia changed it to Indonesian-sounding surnames because of Cabinet Presidium Decision 127 of 1966—an anti-Chinese law that mandated that ethnic Chinese living in Indonesia adopt Indonesian names. Among Chinese-Malaysians and Singaporeans, the surname is often spelled Ooi or Wee. Notable people with the surname Oey * Alexander Oey (born 1960), Dutch film director *Indrawati Oey (born 1970), New Zealand food scientist *Morgan Oey (born 1990), Indonesian actor *Oey Bian Kong (died 1802), Indonesian bureaucrat * Oey Djie San (died 1925), Indonesian bureaucrat and landlord *Oey Giok Koen (died 1912), Indonesian bureaucrat and landlord *Oey Khe Tay (died 1897), Indonesian bureaucrat and landlord * Oe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Indonesian Surname
Many Overseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese people have lived in Indonesia for many centuries. Over time, especially under social and political pressure during the New Order (Indonesia), New Order era, most Chinese Indonesians have adopted names that better match the local language. History of Chinese Indonesian surnames Colonial era until 1965 During the Dutch East Indies, Dutch colonial era, the Dutch administration recorded Chinese names in birth certificates and other legal documents using an adopted spelling convention that was based primarily on the Hokkien language, Hokkien (Southern Min Chinese, Min), the language of the majority of Chinese immigrants in the Dutch East Indies. The administrators used the closest Dutch pronunciation and spelling of Hokkien words to record the names. A similar thing happened in British Malaya, Malaya, where the British administrators record the names using English language, English spelling. (For instance, compare Lim (English) vs. Liem (Dutch), We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regan Oey
Regan Sander Wirahardja Oey is a Canadian film and television actor. His parents are of Chinese-Indonesian descent. Oey has had starring roles in two feature films, the American comedy hit '' Kickin It Old Skool'' (2007), in which he played a kid in toy store with Jamie Kennedy, and a leading role in the horror-thriller ''They Wait'' (2007), starring Cheng Pei-pei, Terry Chen and Jaime King, in which he played the part of Sammy. He has also appeared in the TV series '' Saved'' (2006), playing the part of Cody, in an episode entitled 'Cowboys & Independents' (''6th episode''). His most recent role was in one episode of the TV Series The Guard on Global TV. Oey attended Vancouver College as a two-sport athlete playing football and basketball. Filmography * '' Saved'' (2006) as Cody (Episode: "Cowboys & Independents") * '' Kickin It Old Skool'' (2007) as Kid in Toy Store * ''They Wait'' (2007) as Sam * ''The Guard The Guard may refer to: * ''The Guard'' (TV series), a Canadian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Oei
Pamela Oei (born 26 January 1972) is a Singaporean actress. Oei is a theatre actress. Background Oei is part of the cabaret trio Dim Sum Dollies. She is also a certified Allen Carr therapist. Film roles Oei played the part of Peggy in the 1998 comedy romance '' Peggy Su!'' which was about a 19-year-old Chinese woman living in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. Personal life Oei is married to the Singaporean writer-director and filmmaker Ken Kwek Ken Kwek (born 7 May 1979) is a Singaporean screenwriter, director, playwright and author. His short film compendium, '' Sex.Violence.FamilyValues'', was banned by the Singapore and Malaysian governments in 2012. His first feature film '' Unluc ..., and the couple has one son. References External links * Dim Sum Dollies official website 1972 births Living people Singaporean film actresses Singaporean stage actresses Singaporean television actresses {{Singapore-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Tjie Sien
Oei Tjie Sien ( 1835–1900) was a Chinese-born colonial Indonesian tycoon and the founder of Kian Gwan, Southeast Asia's largest conglomerate at the start of the twentieth century. He is better known as the father of Oei Tiong Ham, ''Majoor-titulair der Chinezen'' (1866–1924), who modernized and vastly expanded the Oei family's business empire. Biography Early life Born on June 23, 1835, into a family of modest means in Tong'an, Tjoan-tjioe, (Quanzhou) Fujian, a southern province of Imperial China, Oei Tjie Sien was the sixth son of Oei Tjhing In. According to family tradition, the elder Oei was a petty government official, but the colonial Indonesian historian Liem Thian Joe suggested that the family was of peasant origin. Regardless, his father ensured that the younger Oei received a classical Chinese education. This could have given Oei Tjie Sien a respectable career as a teacher or minor bureaucrat; but he participated instead in the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Tiong Ham
Oei Tiong Ham, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen (; 1866–1924) was a Chinese Indonesian tycoon and the son of Oei Tjie Sien, the founder of the Kian Gwan, a multinational trading company. Born in Semarang, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), he became the wealthiest person in the Far East at the start of the twentieth century. Part of his wealth originated in his involvement in the sugar industry. He served as ''Luitenant der Chinezen'' in the Dutch colonial administration in Semarang, and was raised to the rank of titular ''Majoor'' upon retirement. In Singapore, where Oei relocated to avoid Dutch inheritance law in his succession planning, a road is named after him. Oei Tiong Ham Park, near Holland Road, is also named in his honor. His nickname, "Man of 200 Million", originates from the passing of his 200 million guilder estate at the time of his death in 1924 in Singapore. Early life Oei Tiong Ham was born in Semarang on 19 November 1866. His father, Oei Tjie Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Liana
Oei Liana (born 30 November 1952) is an American former swimmer of Chinese Indonesian background who represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) in international competition. She competed in six events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Oei is from New Rochelle, New York, and took swimming lessons at the Catholic Youth Organization in Yonkers Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul .... References External links * 1952 births Living people American female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Taiwan Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New Rochelle, New York American people of Chinese-Indonesian descent Indonesian people of Chinese descent 21st-century American women {{Taiwan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Budi Hartono
Robert Budi Hartono (; born on 28 April 1941) is a Chinese Indonesian tobacco billionaire with a 2018 net worth of US$12.6 billion. He owns and runs the privately held Djarum, the world's third largest maker of clove cigarettes. Djarum has reportedly recently grabbed shares from the number two cigarette firm, Sampoerna. Budi Hartono also has a stake with his brother, Michael Bambang Hartono in one of Indonesia's biggest banks, Bank Central Asia, formerly controlled by billionaire Liem Sioe Liong. In 2020, according to American business magazine, Forbes, Budi Hartono's net worth reportedly reached US$22.3 billion and he was noted as the richest Indonesian and 71st richest person in the world. Career Starting from Mr. Oei Wie Gwan bought a small business in the field named Djarum clove gramophone. In 1951 it changed its name to Djarum. Oei began marketing cigarettes under the brand "Djarum" which turned out to be successful in the market. After a fire nearly gutted the compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bambang Hartono
Michael Bambang Hartono (born 2 October 1939), also known as Oei Hwie Siong (), is a Chinese Indonesian billionaire heir and businessman. Michael and his brother Robert Budi are the owners of kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer Djarum, which they inherited from their father Oei Wie Gwan upon his death in 1963. Growing the business to a large conglomerate including Bank Central Asia, electronics, plantations and various properties, they became the richest in the country with Michael himself having a net worth in excess of $10 billion. Early life Michael Hartono was born on 2 October 1939, in the town of Kudus, in Central Java. His father, Oei Wie Gwan, had purchased a small Kretek cigarette factory called ''Djarum Gramophon'' (lit: Gramophone needle) in April 1951, and renamed it to just ''Djarum''. In 1963, however, the factory burned down and shortly thereafter Oie Wie died, leaving Michael and his younger brother Robert Budi Hartono to inherit the factory. After compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Hui-lan
Oei Hui-lan (; 2 December 1889 – 1992), known as Madame Wellington Koo, was a Chinese-Indonesian international socialite and style icon, and, from late 1926 until 1927, the First Lady of the Republic of China. She was married firstly to British consular agent Beauchamp Caulfield-Stoker, then to the pre-communist Chinese statesman Wellington Koo, and was a daughter and heiress of the colonial Indonesian tycoon Oei Tiong Ham, Majoor der Chinezen. Both the parents of Oei Hui-lan hailed from the establishment: her father stemmed from one of the wealthiest families in Java, while her mother came from the 'Cabang Atas' aristocracy as a descendant of a ''Luitenant der Chinezen'' in Semarang's 18th-century Dutch bureaucracy. After an unsuccessful marriage with Caulfield-Stoker, she met Wellington Koo while in Paris in 1920. They married in Brussels the following year and first lived in Geneva in connection with the establishment of the League of Nations. In 1923, she moved with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Hong Leong
Oei Hong Leong (born 1948) is a Singaporean billionaire businessman. Early life Oei Hong Leong is the son of Indonesian Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who died in 2019. He was educated in China, having moved there as a teenager, and lived there in the 1960s and 1970s. Career According to ''Forbes'', "the bulk of his wealth is derived from a corporate bond portfolio and real estate assets". Oei owns "prime property" in Vancouver, Canada, including the waterfront Plaza of Nations site, that he bought from Li Ka-shing in 1989 for CAN$40 million. The site has been renamed Expo Gardens and there are plans to build 1.4 million sq ft of residential property and 700,000 sq ft of commercial and retail property. In 2017, he founded One Belt One Net 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Hok Tiang
Oei Hok Tiang (born 15 August 1932) is an Indonesian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1932 births Living people Indonesian male boxers Olympic boxers of Indonesia Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Bantamweight boxers 20th-century Indonesian people {{Indonesia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oei Ek Tjhong
Eka Tjipta Widjaja (; –2019, born in Quanzhou, China as Oei Ėk-Tjhong (), was a Chinese-Indonesian business magnate who founded the Sinar Mas Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia. After immigrating to Indonesia with his family when he was a child, Widjaja became a member of the PCC, traded copra in the mid 1950s, moved into the palm oil industry soon after, started a paper factory in the 1970s, and then entered financial services in the 1980s. At the time of his death, Sinar Mas had interests in paper, real estate, financial services, agribusiness, and telecom with holdings primarily in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and China, and Widjaja was listed by ''Forbes'' as the third-richest person in Indonesia with a net worth of approximately US$8.6 billion. Early life Widjaja was born Oei Ek Tjhong in Quanzhou, Fujian, Republic of China. He was the son of a Sulawesi (Celebes)-based trader. In around 1930, he and his mother moved to Indonesia (then was D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
