Biography

Lim was born in Nan'an, Fujian, China, in the final years of the Qing Dynasty, as the 11th child but the first son in the family.He was born on 27th April 1909. His father, Lim Loh , was a building constructor. In 1925, Lim came to Singapore at the age of 16 to study inRaffles Institution under the British colonial government. He went on to read business at the University of Hong Kong.
In 1930, Lim married Gan Choo Neo , a Nyonya woman from the Lim clan association hall of Singapore. They had eight children, one of whom died in infancy. Initially a Taoist, Lim converted to Christianity after his marriage to Gan. Lim inherited his father's business He started with running two businesses in brick manufacturing and biscuit production before venturing into building construction together with his brothers. Apart from being successful in his business career, Lim was also a prominent figure in the Chinese community in Singapore, having been nominated to take on several posts in the community, including: Chairman of the Singapore Building Industry Association; Board Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce ; Executive Member and Education Director of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan.
(Source:wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Bo_Seng.)