British Studies Seminar, University of Texas at Austin with live oaks and the scattered ashes of one of the founding members of the seminar. On arrival at the seminar, the participants help themselves to a glass of Tio Pepe or Dry Sack sherry, though teetotalers prefer cranberry juice. Sherry has come to symbolize the attitude. The seminar meets to examine in a civilized way whatever happens to be on the agenda, Scottish or Indian, Canadian or Jamaican, English or Australian. The discussion is civil, but sometimes grows a bit heated. What makes the debate engrossing is the clash of different perspectives—including those of lawyers, physicians, retired ambassadors, and
Tio Tek Ho - also a Chinese officer; while another cousin, Tio Bit Nio, was married to yet another officer, Kapitein Loa Tiang Hoei. A much younger cousin was the businessman, publisher and writer Tio Tek Hong. Majoor Tio Tek Ho's eldest son, Tio Wie Han, was also appointed to the honorary position of -titulair der Chinezen. The Majoor's main family residence in Batavia, Toko Kompak, is now a major historic landmark in Pasar Baru, Jakarta. As pointed out by Mona Lohanda, Tio's candidacy for the mayoralty was viewed favourably by the Dutch authorities thanks to his decision to distance himself from the