The Youth Pledge of 1928: Setting the record straight.

The Youth Pledge of 1928 is a watershed in Indonesian history. It established a vision of Indonesia as one country, one nation with a unifying language - Indonesian language. The pledge was announced at a boarding house owned by Sie Kong Lian at 106 Kramat Raya Street, Jakarta.

The Youth Pledge celebrates the concept of diverse peoples unified in one homeland. Source: Image by faizal75/Creative Commons.

Researcher, "Professor" Udaya Halim and dr Christian Silman the great grandson of Sie Kong Lian, talk about the process undertaken to ensure that Sie Kong Lian’s family could grant the building at 106 Kramat Raya Street, which is now the Youth Pledge Museum, to be officially registered as a state asset.

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Commemorating Youth Pledge Day has real and symbolic significance to contemporary Indonesia. Source: Photo by Rasyidan Al Fattah/Creative Commons.