Silent Witness of Youth Pledge Oath, Former Boarding House

Jakarta – The Youth Pledge Day is an important milestone in the history of Indonesia’s independence. The existence of the Youth Pledge embodies the spirit of Indonesia as a united nation with a collective homeland, nation, and language. One of the government’s initiatives was to turn the place of the Youth Pledge oath into the Youth Pledge Museum. However, it turns out that the location of the Youth Pledge oath was a boarding house called Gedung Kramat 106 or Indonesische Clubgebouw on Kramat Straat in Central Jakarta.
The following is a long history where a boarding house turned into the Youth Pledge Museum. Starting from the Boarding House. In the 1920s, a Chinese descendant, Sie Kong Lian, owned a house strategically located near the School tot Opleiding van Inlandsche Artsen (STOVIA) or medical school and Rechtschoogeschool or law school. At that time, many students came from various regions and did not have a place to stay. Seeing the opportunity, Sie Kong Lian turned his house into a boarding house.