Stories from Deli

Lim Chai Khoa

Kisah ini berkembang dari mulut ke mulut di sekitar Payabakung seperti dituturkan A Lai, generasi keempat Lim Chai Khoa penghuni rumah tandil warisan zaman Belanda di Desa Payabakung, Deliserdang, Sumatera Utara. Nah, dari bangunan bersejarah itulah cerita ini bermula… Salah seorang kuli kontrak yang berhasil direkrut Belanda untuk bekerja di Sumatera adalah Lim Chai Khoa.…
The history of Medan

Medan was first developed with the establishment of Deli Maatschappij headquarter on the east bank of the Deli river the confluence with the Babura. At the time of commissioning in 1870, still an extremely austere construction of wood and atap. In the following years, it also served as a pesanggrahan or guest house, hospital, church,…
The Rhemrev Report

The protector of Chinese on the Straits is negative about the treatment of coolies on the East coast of Sumatra eventually partly moved back in. That meant not in the least that there were no abuses in this regard, any more than this could have been concluded from the reluctant recognition of British side that…
Luitenant der Chinezen

Oostkust van Sumatra AFDEELING DELI EN SERDANG (MEDAN). Ondorafdoeling Medan Majoor der Chineezen te Medan. Tsiong Jong Jian or Tjong Yong Hian, 23 April 1905 Majoor der Chineezen te Medan. Tsjiong Tsiok Fie, Alias Tjong A Fie, 22 Nov. 1911 Majoor der Chineezen te Medan. Khoe Tjin Tek, 10 Nov. 1922. Kapitein der Chinezen te…
Van Nie

VAN NIE & CO. Few firms on the east coast of Sumatra are better known than Van Nie & Co., local agents for the Koninklijke Paket- vaart Maatschappij, Sto. Maatschappij “Nederland,” Rotterdamsche Lloyd, £ Line, Java–Bengalen yn, and Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Ltd. The business was established in 1885 by Mr. Jacob van Nie, one…
De Sumatra Post

The East Coast of Sumatra is well catered .for as regards newspapers, the Post being the leading organ. The Sumatra Post was established some thirteen years ago. After enlarging its issue from a bi-weekly into a daily paper in 1899 the Sumatra Post has succeeded in increasing the number of its readers year by year…
A trip to Tobacco Field

Tobacco is grown extensively all over the Dutch East Indies, but it is reserved for Sumatra to produce the finest leaf, chiefly owing to the chemical composition of the soil and the suitability of climate. The districts of Deli, Langkat and Serdang, in the north-east corner of the island are famous for the excellence of…
Seng Hap

The largest wholesale and retail store in Medan is undoubtedly that of N. V. Handel Maatschappij Seng Hap, which is managed by Mr. Tan Tang Ho, the capital of the Company being f 200,000 in 200 shares of f 1000 each. The Fine Store of N. V. Handel Maatschappij Seng Hap, Medan-Deli. The visitor is…
Khoe Tjin Tek

The visitor to the Far East is often surprised to find that the most modern constructions, such as magnificent banking establishments and Government offices, are, in many cases, the work of Chinese contractors. Mr. Khoo Cheng Tek (or Khoe Tjin Tek) is not only a contractor and timber merchant, but combines with that business the…
Cornfield Stores

A visit should also be paid to the establishment of Messrs. Cornfield. This business was founded by the late W. Cornfield in 1892 and is conducted by his sons as outfitters and general merchants. The firm are the official suppliers to the various sultans, and make a speciality of superior diamond jewellery of every description,…