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- Khouw Keng Nio was a colonial Chinese-Indonesian heiress and businesswoman, best known as the first woman in both Indonesia and China to become a licensed pilot. Born in Java, Dutch East Indies, Khouw came from a wealthy Peranakan business family. Her father, the entrepreneur , founded N.V. Merbaboe, a large livestock, milk and beverage conglomerate in late colonial Indonesia; and her mother was an indigenous Indonesian woman. Her better-known brother, Khouw Khe Hien (1907-1938), also a pioneering aviator, initially envisaged air transportation for the company's products as a more efficient alternative to land and sea transportation. This grew into a full-blown obsession, which ended with Khouw's brother causing an international sensation in 1935, when he flew his Indonesian-built aeroplane, Walraven 2, in a 20-day-long journey from Bandung to Schiphol, Amsterdam, and onwards to other European destinations. Around the same time, Khouw Keng Nio also caused a sensation in the Dutch and Indonesian press by training as a pilot, qualifying in March 1936, thereby becoming both the first Indonesian and the first Chinese woman aviator. When her brother died in a plane accident in Batavia in 1938, Khouw Keng Nio took over the reins of N.V. Merbaboe. Under her tutelage, the company maintained its headquarters in Batavia, but expanded, opening branches in Bogor, Bandung and Sukabumi. Her company employed over 300 workers, and slaughtered between 75 and 80 cows daily to meet the needs of around 40,000 consumers, extending from hotels and restaurants to the colonial shipping fleet and army. Her yearly tax bill amounts to the extraordinary sum of f. 100,000. (en)
- Khouw Keng Nio adalah seorang ahli waris dan pengusaha Tionghoa-Indonesia pada zaman kolonial, yang dikenal sebagai wanita pertama di Indonesia dan Tiongkok yang menjadi pilot berlisensi. Lahir di Jawa, Hindia Belanda, Khouw berasal dari keluarga pengusaha Peranakan makmur. Ia adalah putri dari Khouw Kim Goan dan saudari dari Khouw Khe Hien. Pada Maret 1936, Khouw Keng Nio menimbulkan sensasi di pers Belanda dan Indonesia saat ia terkualifikasi menjadi penerbang wanita Tionghoa dan Indonesia pertama. Pada 1938, Khouw Keng Nio memegang hak waris atas N.V. Merbaboe. Di bawah kepemimpinannya, perusahaan tersebut menempatkan markas besarnya di Batavia, selain diperluas dan membuka cabang-cabang di Bogor, Bandung dan Sukabumi. Perusahaannya mempekerjakan lebih dari 300 tenaga kerja, dan menyembelih antara 75 dan 80 sapi per hari untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sekitar 40.000 pelanggan, yang terdiri dari hotel-hotel dan restoran-restoran untuk angkatan senjata dan armada perkapalan kolonial. Pendapatan tahunannya berjumlah f. 100,000. (in)
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- Khouw Keng Nio was a colonial Chinese-Indonesian heiress and businesswoman, best known as the first woman in both Indonesia and China to become a licensed pilot. Born in Java, Dutch East Indies, Khouw came from a wealthy Peranakan business family. Her father, the entrepreneur , founded N.V. Merbaboe, a large livestock, milk and beverage conglomerate in late colonial Indonesia; and her mother was an indigenous Indonesian woman. Her better-known brother, Khouw Khe Hien (1907-1938), also a pioneering aviator, initially envisaged air transportation for the company's products as a more efficient alternative to land and sea transportation. This grew into a full-blown obsession, which ended with Khouw's brother causing an international sensation in 1935, when he flew his Indonesian-built aeroplan (en)
- Khouw Keng Nio adalah seorang ahli waris dan pengusaha Tionghoa-Indonesia pada zaman kolonial, yang dikenal sebagai wanita pertama di Indonesia dan Tiongkok yang menjadi pilot berlisensi. Lahir di Jawa, Hindia Belanda, Khouw berasal dari keluarga pengusaha Peranakan makmur. Ia adalah putri dari Khouw Kim Goan dan saudari dari Khouw Khe Hien. Pada Maret 1936, Khouw Keng Nio menimbulkan sensasi di pers Belanda dan Indonesia saat ia terkualifikasi menjadi penerbang wanita Tionghoa dan Indonesia pertama. (in)
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