Khouw Yauw Kie

Life Born in 1860 in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, Khouw was the second son of Khouw Tjeng Po, -titulair der Chinezen (died 1883), and the grandson of the tycoon Khouw Tian Sek, -titulair der Chinezen (died 1843). He was also a nephew of the landlords Khouw Tjeng Tjoan and Khouw Tjeng Kee. Khouw held the colonial hereditary title of Sia.

Khouw's family was one of the wealthiest dynasties of the Cabang Atas, or the Chinese gentry (baba bangsawan), of colonial Indonesia. Khouw served in office during the tenure of Majoor Lie Tjoe Hong, the third mayoral head of the Chinese community of Batavia. The couple's only child and daughter, Khouw Tjoei Nio (born in 1896), would later marry the community leader and businessman Gouw Hie Kie, grandson of Kapitein der Chinezen Gouw Keng Loen (died in 1890).

Baden-Powell wrote: "he Captain of the Chinese is a great man. He has a large abode with a big courtyard in front, like a Chinese edition of Devonshire House." Today, he is best remembered as one of the former owners of Candra Naya, a historic landmark in the Old Town of Jakarta. He was eventually succeeded on the Chinese Council in 1905 by his first cousin, Khouw Kim An, who went on to serve from 1910 as the last Majoor der Chinezen and ex officio Chair of the Chinese Council of Batavia, until his death in 1945.