Category: General
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Hotel de Boer
Visitors to Medan have the choice of two very good hotels. The Hotel de Boer, opposite the new Post Office, is a handsome building of considerable extent, surrounded by a large number of apartments in the bungalow style. Located at the north-west corner of the Esplanade at a handsome dining-hall and rich-looking aparments for guests…
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Tjong A Fie
Chinese Major of Medan (Deli), Sumatra (east coast), was born at Moy Hian, Canton, and that name he chiefly uses in this country. In China, however, he is known as Tjong Jiauw Hian, whilst his name in Chinese Government circles is Tjong Foeng Nam. During his childhood he was very studious, but his parents were…
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Ban Lian
HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ “BAN- LIAN ” (ESTABLISHED 1915) This company was formed in Medan with a capital of F. 500,000 for the pur pose of carrying on business as general import and export merchants and commission agents. It is entirely financed by Chinese capital, and its bankers are the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China,…
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Coolies Affair
After 1900, some Officials for Chinese Affairs became involved in other coolie matters, when they were charged with the inspection of labour conditions in the Indies and the accompaniment of direct repatriation of coolies. When Hoetink returned to Batavia in 1900, he was temporarily placed at the disposal of the Director of Justice to fulfil…
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Arranging the Emigration of Coolies
Making arrangements for the direct emigration of Chinese workers or ‘coolietrade’ from China to the Indies was one of the most important special assignments for the sinologists. In the 1860s and 1870s, this was done to provide for temporary needs; in the 1880s and 1890s it was aimed at regular emigration to the Indies. After…
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Postal service
In 1905, Chinese appreciation for Hoetink is evident from a booklet introducing the Chinese Postal Service that was compiled on his initiative in Medan. This service was mainly intended for Chinese coolies working in outlying plantations for whom it was impossible to send letters and money to China. The introduction to the Regulations of the…
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Tjong Yong Hian and the Chaochow Railway
When the Imperial Chinese Railway Administration was established, director-general Sheng Hsuan-huai was looking for Overseas Chinese to finance a railway line. Sheng summoned Zhang Pi-shih, one of the wealthiest overseas Chinese capitalists, on his way to Hong Kong, to discuss ways and means of raising shares. Zhang Pi-shih has established a commercial empire in Southeast…
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Thio Thiau Siat
Thio Thiau Siat or Zhang Bishi left his home in rural Tai-pu county, Kwangtung province, to seek his fortune in Southeast Asia when only seventeen. Sources disagree as to the exact social status of his family but he definitely experienced poverty in his youth. Determined to make his fortune in Southeast Asia, he was able…
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Opium
Turning now to the discussion of the opium crime on the East Coast, I must bring forward some arguments to highlight the importance of the question. According to the latest report of the opium directorate, the gross reception in the East coast region of Sumatra in the year 1918 was NLG 9,447,200 against NLG 8,680,408 in…
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Soengei Boeloe
The Central Hospital Soengei Boeloe was established before 1918 in the region Serdang and Deli on the East Coast of Sumatra. The owner was a rubber company NV Mij.tot exploitatie der Tjong A Fie landen. The plantation was situated 12 km north of TebingTinggi. Area 2105 ha. In 1938 the company produced 229,2 kg rubber.…
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