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Khouw (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó) is a Dutch-based romanization of the Hokkien surname Xǔ (許) in West Java, Indonesia. [1] In Central and East Java , Kho is a more common romanization. [ 1 ]
Khouw Oen Giok Sia (1874 – 1927), later more popularly known as Oen Giok Khouw or O. G. Khouw, was a philanthropist and landowner in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). [1] He gained notoriety for acquiring Dutch citizenship, thus breaking down the race barriers of colonial society. [ 2 ]
During the 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 (Southern Min), the language of the majority of Chinese immigrants in the Dutch East Indies.
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Gina Chung is an American writer. In 2023, she published her debut novel, Sea Change , with Vintage , and in 2024, Vintage published her short story collection, Green Frog . She graduated from The New School with an MFA in fiction in 2021 and was a 2021 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow.
This is a list of individuals who held the post of Kapitan Cina, a government position that existed in colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.The role came with vastly varying degrees of power, depending on historical and local circumstances: from near-sovereign authority with legal, political and military powers to an honorary title for a community leader.
The Mausoleum O. G. Khouw is a mausoleum and a historic site and tourist attraction in Jakarta, Indonesia. [3] [4] [5] It is the final resting place of Oen Giok Khouw (1874–1927), a prominent philanthropist and scion of the Khouw family of Tamboen at the turn of the century. [2] His widow, Lim Sha Nio (1879–1957), was also later interred ...
Ajai Sanders (born Angela Marrine Wilson; October 1, 1967) [3] [5] [better source needed], is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her supporting role as Gina Deveaux in the sitcom A Different World from 1991 until the series original ending in 1993.