Lim Ho Puah

Lim Ho Puah (Chinese: 林和坂; pinyin: Lín Hé Bǎn) was a Hokkien merchant who was born in Amoy in 1841 and came to Singapore at an early age. He entered the service of Wee Bin & Co. in a humble capacity subsequently, and his industry and business intelligence soon attracted the notice of his employer, Wee Bin, and he became the towkay's son-in-law. He was the founder and senior partner of the Wee Bin steamship line and other concerns.[1]

Lim became the sole surviving partner in the firm of Wee Bin & Co. when Wee Bin's grandson Wee Siang Tat (Chinese: 黃祥達; pinyin: Huáng Xiáng Dá) died.[2] The company was liquidated in 1911, when the greater part of the firm's business, including all the large steamers, was taken over by his son Lim Peng Siang (Chinese: 林秉祥; pinyin: Lín Bǐng Xiáng).

During his long residence in Singapore, he took much interest in local public affairs. He was at one time a Director of Tan Kim Ching's Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, and served also as a member of the Chinese Advisory Board and on the Committee of the Po Leung Kuk, and was made a J.P. He died in February 1913 at the age of 72. His remains were interred in China.[3]

References, Sources and Notes

  1. ↑ Seaports of the Far East: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial, Facts, Figures, & Resources By Allister Macmillan Compiled by Allister Macmillan Published by W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1925; p. 441, 442
  2. ↑ One hundred years' history of the Chinese in Singapore - Page 115 - by Ong Siang Song - History - 1923
  3. ↑ One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore by Ong Siang Song, 1923 - Page 114-116

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