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Han Hoe Lim | |
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林汉河 | |
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Born | 27 April 1894 |
Died | 23 March 1983 88) | (aged
Nationality | Singaporean |
Alma mater | King Edward VII College of Medicine University of Edinburgh |
Occupation(s) | Physician, Politician |
Spouse | Chua Seng Neo |
Children | 4 |
Parents |
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Lim Han Hoe | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 林漢河 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 林汉河 | ||||||||
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Sir Han Hoe Lim CBE JP (Chinese :林汉河; pinyin :Lín Hànhé;27 April 1894 –23 March 1983) [1] was a Singaporean physician and politician.
Lim was educated at Chung Cheng High School,St Andrew's School,Raffles Institution before enrolling into King Edward VII College of Medicine. [1]
He subsequently went to study medicine in the United Kingdom,graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1918.
After graduation,Lim worked at St Andrew's Hospital in Scotland for a year. [1] He was subsequently appointed as ship's surgeon by the China Mutual Steamship Company before returning to Singapore, [1] to start his general practice. [2]
Lim was the chairman of the city's Straits Chinese British Association from 1930 to 1932,municipal commissioner of the Municipal Commission,a Justice of the Peace, [3] as well as a member of numeral public bodies like the Chinese Advisory Board and the Education Committee.
Lim was appointed as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements in 1933, [1] becoming the council's senior Chinese unofficial member the next year,and was appointed as an unofficial member of the Executive Council of the Straits Settlements in 1940.
Lim was arrested after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese Empire in 1942. During the Japanese occupation,he was imprisoned for being accused of secretly listening to the broadcasting of the Allied nations. [4] He was not released until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
After the war,he was appointed to the Singapore Advisory Council in June 1946 after the resignation of Wee Swee Teow, [5] where served as an unofficial member from 1946 to 1948 and a senior unofficial member of the Executive Council of Singapore from 1948 to 1951.
In December 1947,the governor of Singapore decided to introduce income tax in Singapore,against the advice of the Singapore Advisory Council. [6] The unofficial members of the council,including Lim,decided to resign in protest of the decision. [7] Lim later decided not to resign and also proposed to ask the two resigned members to withdraw their resignations. [6]
In December 1951,Lim resigned from the Executive Council of Singapore due to his deteriorating health and was replaced by Rajabali Jumabhoy. [8]
After the war,he helped found the University of Malaya and was appointed a member of the Public Service Commission (PSC) from 1952 to 1956,serving as its chairman for less than a year in 1956.
Later in his life,he withdrew from politics as Singapore gradually gained self-governance and subsequently independence.
On 12 June 1941,Lim was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public services in the Straits Settlements. [9]
In 1946,Lim became the second Malayan Chinese to receive the honour of knighthood for public services in the Straits Settlements. [4]
In 1951,Lim was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Malaya. [10]
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