Oey Liauw Kong

[3][4] Oey was born in 1799 in Batavia (now Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) into an old, landowning family with a tradition of public service.

[1] He served under Tan Eng Goan, the Kapitein der Chinezen of Batavia, whose post as senior Chinese officer in the colonial capital was raised in 1837 to a Mayoralty.

[9][1] In 1841, Luitenant Oey Liauw Kong was promoted to the post of Kapitein der Chinezen, still serving under Majoor Tan Eng Goan.

[1] In August 1849, Kapitein Oey Liauw Kong submitted his request for a resignation to Jan Jacob Rochussen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, and was honorably discharged with the courtesy title of Kapitein-titulair der Chinezen.

[2] His daughters included Oey Khe Nio, who married Han Ting Hway, son of Han Tiauw Hien, Luitenant der Chinezen in Surabaya, and Oey Giok Nio, who married the prominent landlord Nie Ek Tjiang, Luitenant der Chinezen in Batavia and Tangerang.