A brief profile of some noted Huangs in Indonesia
A brief profile of some noted Huangs in Indonesia
JAKARTA (JP): A number of public figures originating from the
Huang families can be found in Indonesia, varying from business
people to professionals and community leader as well as
politicians.
Among the best known, now deceased, are:
* Oei Tiong Ham (1866 - 1924), a millionaire entrepreneur known
locally as the "King of Sugar", whose Kian Gwan enterprises
included sugar export, banking and shipping businesses. A
community leader, with annual income in 1915 estimated at two
million guilden, he made generous contributions to various
schools in Java as well as in Singapore and he was made honorary
major by the Dutch colonial government.
* Abdul Karim Oei Tjeng Hien (1905 - 1988), a religious leader
and factory owner who helped establish the Association of Chinese
Indonesian Muslims (PITI). He was born in Padang, West Sumatra,
and became chairman of the Board of Muhammadiyah (1939-52) of
the Bengkulu chapter. His medical factory, Bintang Tujuh, is
still operating.
* Oei Tjoe Tat (1922 - 1996), a political activist and former
state minister under president Sukarno. A staunch supporter of
Sukarno, he was imprisoned without trial a few months after the
attempted communist coup in 1965 by the New Order government
under then president Soeharto. He was not released until 1977.
He died of cancer, aged 74.
Other Huang public figures still living are, among others:
* Christianto Wibisono (Huang Jianguo), born in Semarang, Central
Java in 1945, a business consultant and journalist who moved to
the United States after bloody anti-Chinese riots in May 1998.
* Eka Tjipta Widjaya (Oei Ek Tjhong), born in Fujian, China, in
1923. The owner of the Sinar Mas business companies and Bank
Internasional Indonesia, he was believed to be the second richest
tycoon in Indonesia during Soeharto's reign.
* Burhan Uray (Bong Swan An), born in 1931, the boss of the
Djajanti Timber Group who was granted millions of hectares of
forest concessions in Kalimantan and Irian Jaya. His wife was a
former Taiwan TV actress. (ego)