Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- The YMCA-Lim Kim San Volunteers Programme
- Family Tree
- 1 The Man with the Blanket
- 2 Early Life
- 3 The Japanese Years
- 4 Choosing Sides
- 5 Judging People: The Public Service Commission
- 6 Housing a Nation: The Housing and Development Board
- 7 Housing a Nation: Resettling a People
- 8 Housing a Nation: Owning Homes, Reclaiming Land
- 9 Politics, Elections, and Malaysia
- 10 Minister for Finance
- 11 Minister for the Interior and Defence
- 12 Other Ministries and Roles
- 13 A Life Well Lived
- Index
- About the Author
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- The YMCA-Lim Kim San Volunteers Programme
- Family Tree
- 1 The Man with the Blanket
- 2 Early Life
- 3 The Japanese Years
- 4 Choosing Sides
- 5 Judging People: The Public Service Commission
- 6 Housing a Nation: The Housing and Development Board
- 7 Housing a Nation: Resettling a People
- 8 Housing a Nation: Owning Homes, Reclaiming Land
- 9 Politics, Elections, and Malaysia
- 10 Minister for Finance
- 11 Minister for the Interior and Defence
- 12 Other Ministries and Roles
- 13 A Life Well Lived
- Index
- About the Author
- Plate section
Summary
LIM KIM SAN
30 November 1916 – 20 July 2006
Parents: Lim Choon Huat and Wee Geok Khuan
Siblings: Lim Yan Siew, Lim Yan Lian, Lim Cheng Siong, Lim Yan Swee, and Lim Yan Leng.
Wife: Pang Gek Kim
Children: Lim Eng Tin (m. Lee Weng Yan), Lim Eng Hong (m. Ee Kean Leong), Lim Kiat Seng (m. Pauline Lim Mee Goh), Lim Siu Tin (m. Jimmy Beng Kian Siew), Lim Kiat Beng (m. Linda Lee), and Lim Siu Horng (m. Tay Puan Siong).
Grandchildren: Lee Yu Chuan (m. Amy Ng Ka Yin), Lee Yu Ching (m. Wee Seng Hong), Ee Kuo-Ren (m. Natalie Ho Chin Yee), Ee Yuen-Ling, Lim Ee Ming, Beng Teck Liang (m. Connie Yang), Beng Li-Siier (m. Shashi Kumar), Beng Li-Hsien, Jonathan Lim (m. Cony Ee), Anthony Ee-Li Lim (m. Jean Chang), and Adrian Tay (m. Leslie Tay).
Great-Grandchildren: Samuel Wee Rui Chang, Matthew Wee Rui Jie, Bradley Beng, Brandon Beng, Annalisa Wei-Ling Lim, Isabella Hui-Ling Lim, Alexander Jie-Hao Lim, and Joshua Zu-Hui Lim.
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- Lim Kim SanA Builder of Singapore, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2009