Hok Hoei Kan

Hok Hoei Kan
Hok Hoei Kan
	H. H. Kan
Born	6 January 1881; Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died	1 March 1951 (aged 70); Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation(s)	politician, parliamentarian, community leader, landowner
Spouse	Lie Tien Nio
Children	8 children
Parents	Han Oen Lee, Luitenant der Chinezen (father); Kan Oe Nio (mother);
Family	Kan Keng Tjong (grandfather); Lie Tjoe Hong, Majoor der Chinezen (father-in-law); Aw Tjoei Lan (sister-in-law);
Awards	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion; Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau;

Kan Hok Hoei Sia (Chinese: 簡福輝舍; pinyin: Jiǎn Fúhuī Shè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán Hok-hui Sià; 6 January 1881 - 1 March 1951), generally known as Hok Hoei Kan or in short H. H. Kan, was a prominent public figure, statesman and patrician landowner of Peranakan Chinese descent in the Dutch East Indies (today known as Indonesia).

He was the founding president of Chung Hwa Hui (CHH), a Chinese-Indonesian political party, and sat as its leading parliamentary representative in the Volksraad. He advocated cooperation with the Dutch colonial authorities in order to attain racial and legal equality for the colony's Chinese community, but was criticised for his pro-Dutch sentiments and perceived elite indifference to poorer Indonesians.

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