Lim Boon Keng
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Dr. Lim Boon Keng OBE |
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Lim Boon Keng
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| Native name | 林文慶 |
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18 October 1868 Penang, Malaya |
| Died | 1 January 1957 (aged 88) Singapore |
| Resting place | Bidadari Cemetery |
| Other names | Lin Wenqing |
| Education | MBBS (Hons) |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University |
| Occupation | Physician, social activist |
| Known for | Promoting social and educational reforms in Singapore |
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| Parent(s) | Father: Lim Thean Geow (林天堯) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 林文慶 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 林文庆 | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Wénqìng |
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| Hokkien POJ | Lîm Bûn-khìng |
Lim Boon Keng (18 October 1868 – 1 January 1957), OBE, was a Chinese physician who promoted social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th century. He was of Peranakan descent, with ancestry from Haicheng Town, Longhai City, Fujian Province.
Lim was born as the third generation of a Peranakan family in Penang, British Malaya. He moved to Singapore with his father, Lim Thean Geow (Chinese: 林天堯; pinyin: Lín Tiānyáo), and the rest of his family when he was young. He studied at Raffles Institution in Singapore. However, the death of his parents during his childhood inspired him to pursue a career in medicine. In 1887, Lim became the first Malayan to receive a Queen's Scholarship. He gained admission to Edinburgh University and graduated in 1892 with a first class honours degree in medicine.
In 1895, Lim became a member of the British Legislative Council in Singapore. The following year, he headed a Commission of Inquiry into the sources of poverty in Singapore. He was also a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Chinese Advisory Board.
Lim founded the Philomatic society and published the first Chinese-language magazine in the Straits Settlements in 1897. In the same year, he also campaigned against the wearing of queues among Chinese men, with the intention of toppling the Qing dynasty in China.
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