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Sih Khay Hie a firm and a family

Patricia Tjiook-Liem • Boek • hardback

  • Samenvatting
    The book ‘Sih Khay Hie – a firm and a family’ tells the history of a textile family business in Semarang that bears the name of its founder. The firm Sih Khay Hie started in 1880 as a one-man business, which grew into a thriving family firm until its closure in 1970. It also tells the personal story of the Sihs: the emigration from China, its tradition, family life, social commitments, and its ties with the city of Semarang.
    Author Patricia Tjiook-Liem (great-granddaughter of Sih Khay Hie) conducted interviews and research, and sifted through masses of family documents. The book’s design and layout was done by Patricia’s daughter Mei Lan Tjiook, whose images were an enriching and important accompaniment to the text.
  • Productinformatie
    Binding : Hardback
    Distributievorm : Boek (print, druk)
    Formaat : 210mm x 250mm
    Aantal pagina's : 103
    Uitgeverij : Woodstones.eu
    ISBN : 9789082305012
    Datum publicatie : 02-2015
  • Inhoudsopgave
    Contents
    Introduction

    1 Migration from China

    2 Sih Khay Hie & Co, a firm

    __1880-1911: Sih Khay Hie, the one-man business
    __1911-1948: Sih Khay Hie & Co., a firm
    __1942-1945: the Japanese occupation
    __1946-1970

    3 Traditional and socially engaged
    __Within the family domain
    __Efforts for the Chinese community in Semarang

    4 Living in Semarang
    __The family home on Gang Warung
    __The house in Semarang and the country house in Ungaran

    5 Family life
    __The first generation: great-grandfather and great-grandmother Sih Khay Hie
    __The second generation: my grandparents Engkong Tiauw Hin en Mah Djoen
    __Family life: between traditions and modern times

    Sources
    End notes
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    08-12-2019
    Hoe het verleden tot leven komt
    Mijn overleden partner May Khoen Tan was ook een nazaat van Sih Khay Hie. Een achterachterkleindochter om precies te zijn. Na haar overlijden ben ik uitermate geinteresseerd geraakt in alle aspecten van haar (familie)geschiedenis, omdat mij (en ook haar) daar vrijwel niets over bekend was. Patricia Tjiook-Liem is de eerste persoon die ik bij mijn naspeuringen tegengekomen ben die een enigszins 'inleefbaar' beeld weet te schetsen van de verhoudingen binnen een Chinese Peranakan handelsfamilie, zoals die bestonden in de laatste honderd jaar van de koloniale tijd en de eerste decennia van de onafhankelijke Republik Indonesia. Zij heeft haar onderzoek, en ook de weergave ervan, op een zeer gedegen en integere manier uitgevoerd, zonder daarbij in clichés te vervallen. Haar boek is zo de moeite waard om te lezen dat ik het warm aanbeveel aan eenieder die een dieper inzicht wil verwerven in de Javaanse (Semarangse) Peranakan cultuur gedurende die specifieke periode van de geschiedenis.


    Geplaatst door uit Groningen , leeftijd 60-69
    Waardeert het boek met een 9 uit 10

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1880-1911: Sih Khay Hie, the one-man business

Shortly after his marriage in 1880, Sih Khay Hie started for himself. He set up his own textile shop in Gang Warung Kulon , and his stay in the Dutch East Indies became more permanent as he received his official residency permit on August 7, 1882. The first few years could not have been easy ones for the business. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Dutch colony went through difficult economic times.

Sih Khay Hie started out as a small retailer, and gradually grew to be a distributor. He sold textile products such as yarn (for weaving factories), mori (white cotton used in batik production) and regular kain klontong (printed cotton) sold to retail customers. He traded with European importers on credit: the importers gave him credit in the form of goods, i.e. textile products. After selling the goods, he would return the credit in cash. This type of business dealings required little capital.



Family parties

The highlight of our family life was Chinese New Year. This period meant three parties in a row for the Sih family: one on the day of Chinese New Year, then Engkong Tiauw Hin’s birthday about nine days later, concluded by Tjap Go Meh on the 15th day after Chinese New Year.

On New Year’s Day, the grandchildren had to give New Year’s Greetings to Engkong and Mah in the parlor. Engkong Tiauw Hin would be clad in European clothing, as usual, while Mah Djoen would wear a shanghai dress. Many people would come to give New Year’s wishes, and cake would be served on those occasions.
The family would go to Gang Warung on that day to pray in front of the ancestors altar and wish the other members of the family a happy new year. ×
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