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Lim Chin Siong (; 28 February 1933 – 5 February 1996 ) was an influential leftwing politician and trade union leader in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s.
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In 1954, Lim Chin Siong, along with his Chinese High senior, Fong Swee Suan, was introduced to Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew eventually accused Lim Chin Siong and his supporters of being Communists, though declassified British government documents later suggested that no evidence was ever found that Lim was a Communist.
Lee Kuan Yew imprisoned Lim Chin Siong without trial for many years, preventing him from competing against Lee as leader of the banned break-away opposition party the Barisan Sosialis ( Socialist Front ).
The party won three seats, one by its leader Lee Kuan Yew, and one by co-founder of the PAP, Lim Chin Siong, the election going to the Workers Party's David Saul Marshall.
According to Tan Jing Quee in the book " Comet in our Sky ", Lee Kuan Yew was being deceptive at this time: while pretending to be on the side of the jailed labour members of the PAP, he was secretly in collusion with the British to stop Lim Chin Siong and the labour supporters from attaining power, whom Lee had courted because of their huge popularity, without which Lee would most likely not have been able to attain power.
Shareholders of Valuair, including airline industry veteran Lim Chin Beng, Malaysia's Star Cruises and Asiatravel. com, have now become minority shareholders in the merged company.
* Mei Ling / Mei Chin is built from the excavation of two hills, Hong Lim and Hong Yin Hill which are used for cemetery purposes.
Shareholders of Valuair, including airline-industry veteran Lim Chin Beng, Malaysia's Star Cruises and Asiatravel. com, have now become minority shareholders in the merged company, Orange Star.
The Barisan Sosialis ( Malay for Socialist Front ; Chinese: 社会主义阵线 ) is a former Singaporean left-wing political party formed in 1961, by left-wing members of the People's Action Party ( PAP ) and led by Dr Lee Siew Choh and Lim Chin Siong.
Many such as Lim Chin Siong, Said Zahari and Lim Hock Siew have been accused by the government for being involved in subversive communist struggles.
The station's earliest attempt in an action-based drama series, it revolved around the lives of a group of police officers, namely Inspector Mike Chin ( James Lye ), Inspector Elaine Tay ( Wong Li Lin ), and Sergeant Alan Leong ( Lim Yu Beng ) from the Special Investigation Section of the Criminal Investigation Department.
By the end of the campaign, Lim Chin Siong was seen as a charismatic figure and a person to be reckoned with in Singapore politics and, what was of more immediate concern, within the PAP.
The Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock suppressed the riots aggressively and Lim Chin Siong, with many other leftists, were arrested.
After Singapore's referendum affirming merger with Malaysia, Lim Chin Siong and many opposition party members were detained under the Internal Security Act by the ruling PAP government via the notorious Operation Coldstore on 2 February 1963.
The secretary general of the Malayan Communist Party, Chin Peng, never acknowledged Lim to be a party member, while the MCP in Southern Thailand had also stated that they did not exercise direct control over the Singapore left.
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** Lim Siong Guan, Group President Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited ( GIC )
Siong Lim Temple ( also: Shuang Lin Temple ) is the common Hokkien or Fukien name of the ( Lian Shan ) Shuang Lin Monastery (), pinyin: ( Lián Shān ) Shuāng Lín sì, literally Twin Grove of the Lotus Mountain Temple.
In spite of being a national monument, Siong Lim was mostly neglected as the government of Singapore tried to westernize.
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Lim Chu Kang Village was founded by Neo Tiew (; born 1883, died 1975 ), a Chinese immigrant who was the sheriff of the village.
Tan Sri Dato Seri ( Dr .) Lim Goh Tong (; 1918 – 23 October 2007 ) was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman.
Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik (; born 8 April 1939 ) is a former Malaysian politician and former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications in the Malaysian cabinet.
Lim Yew Hock (; 15 October 1914-30 November 1984 ), later renamed Haji Omar Lim Yew Hock, was Singapore ’ s second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959.
Tun Dato ' Seri Dr. Lim Chong Eu (; 28 May 1919 – 24 November 2010 ) was a Malaysian politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Penang for a record 21 years.
Lim Giong (; also known as Lin Chiang, born 7 June 1964 in Changhua, Taiwan ) is a musician, artist, DJ, composer, songwriter, music producer, music director and also an actor.
* Lim Hyun-Soo (; Founder of jungkikwan ) ( GM Lim his the longest students under founder CHOI-20 years-and founder CHOI, 2 years after jungkikwan creation, closed his own dojang and joined jungkikwan until the end of his life, and devoted his energy to it.
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After Lim bought it, officials allocated the land for the new National Taipei University, allowing him to sell the land back to Taipei County for more than NT $ 890 million ( US $ 28. 6 million ), an estimated NT $ 300 million above market value.
On April 28, 2011, Lim signed a memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) with China, which is witnessed by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on the proposal of the construction of three road and tunnel projects in Penang island, including a 6. 5km undersea tunnel, a third link between the island and Butterworth on the mainland.
On December 28, 2007, Salug Mayor Jesus Lim, president of the Zamboanga del Norte Mayors ’ League led 25 mayors of Zamboanga del Norte who protested the Department of Justice's incarceration of former congressman Romeo Jalosjos.
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