Lie Tjoe Hong, 3rd Majoor der Chinezen (; 1846–1896) was a

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bureaucrat who served as the third ''Majoor der Chinezen'', or Chinese headman, of

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, now

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, capital of

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. This was the most senior Chinese position in the colonial civil bureaucracy of the

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. As Majoor, Lie was also the Chairman of the Chinese Council of Batavia (

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: ''Chinese Raad'';

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: ''Kong Koan''), the city's highest Chinese government body.

Life

Lie Tjoe Hong ''Sia'' was born in 1846 in Batavia into the

Lie family of Pasilian The Lie family of Pasilian was an aristocratic Chinese-Indonesian family of landlords, officials and community leaders, part of the ‘ Tjabang Atas’ or the Peranakan Chinese gentry of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). For over a century, ...

, an eminent landowning family of the ' Tjabang Atas' gentry with a tradition of public service. His father, Lie Pek Thaij (1809 - 1848), was an honorary Kapitein der Chinezen, while his grandfather, Lie Tiang Ko (1786 - 1855) had the rank of der Chinezen (1847 - 1850), then Kapitein-titulair der Chinezen (1850 - 1855) under

Tan Eng Goan Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen (; 1802 – 17 September 1872) was a high-ranking bureaucrat who served as the first ''Majoor der Chinezen'' of Batavia (now Jakarta), capital of colonial Indonesia. This was the highest-ranking Chinese posi ...

, the first Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia. Two of Majoor Lie Tjoe Hong's uncles, Kapitein Lie Pek Tjiat and Lie Pek Tat, were also as Chinese officers. He bore the hereditary title '

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' as a descendant of Chinese officers. His own bureaucratic career began with an appointment as der Chinezen of the outlying district of Lonthar Tanara in

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from 1866 until 1869. From 1872 until 1876, he served as der Chinezen in Batavia under his predecessor,

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, the city's second Majoor der Chinezen. Lie Tjoe Hong was elevated to the higher post of Kapitein der Chinezen, which he held from 1876 until 1879. When Majoor Tan Tjoen Tiat retired from his post, Lie was appointed by the colonial government to succeed the former as third Majoor der Chinezen. In February 1891, in recognition of the Majoor's 20 years of government service as a Chinese officer, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Star for Loyalty and Merit by Royal Decree. Majoor Lie Tjoe Hong served in office until 20 July 1896, when he resigned. Lie died six days after his resignation, and was buried in

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, Batavia. His son, Kapitein Lie Tjian Tjoen (1886 - 1964), would continue the family tradition of public service, and served as both a Chinese officer and member of the Chinese Council. His daughter-in-law, Ny. Kapitein Lie Tjian Tjoen (born Aw Tjoei Lan), was a prominent philanthropist and founder of the charity organisation '' Ati Soetji''. The Majoor's son-in-law,

Hok Hoei Kan Kan Hok Hoei Sia (; 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 Indo ...

(1881 - 1951), was the most prominent politician of the centre-right political party

Chung Hwa Hui Chung Hwa Hui (1928–1942; the 'Chinese Association'), also known as CHH, was a conservative, largely pro-Dutch political organisation and party in the Dutch East Indies (today Indonesia), often criticised as a mouthpiece of the Cabang Atas, col ...

(CHH) in the first half of the twentieth century, and served in the

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(colonial parliament) of the Dutch East Indies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lie, Tjoe Hong 1846 births 1896 deaths Lie family of Pasilian Sia (title) People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies People of the Dutch East Indies Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian Hokkien people Kapitan Cina in Indonesia