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Lim Boon Keng OBE ( Chinese: 林文慶; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bûn-khèng; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and 1937. Early life and education.
Lim Boon Keng (Dr) (林文庆; Lin Wenqing) (b. 18 October 1869, Singapore–d. 1 January 1957, Singapore) was an eminent figure of the Straits Chinese community.1 Trained as a medical doctor, Lim was also a public intellectual and writer who championed Confucianism and supported Sun Yat-sen’s revolution in China.2 He served as a member of ...
Sep 6, 2022 · So, I did some research on Dr Lim Boon Keng, who is also known as Lin Wenqing (林文庆). He was trained as a medical doctor, was an intellectual and writer, supported Dr Sun Yat-sen’s revolution in China, served as a member of the Straits Settlements Legislative Council and pushed for social reforms including the regulation of ...
Jun 10, 2024 · During his life, Lim Boon Keng (Lin Wenqin, 林文庆), a Chinese Singaporean, was celebrated as one of the most eminent figures of Southeast Asia. Lim was a medical doctor, legislator, scholar, educator, entrepreneur, community leader, social reformer and philanthropist, leaving his traces not only in Singapore but also in China and ...
A prominent pioneer of early Singapore, Dr Lim Boon Keng was an accomplished businessman and doctor. He also contributed his time and effort to resolving the various issues faced by the Chinese community during the colonial times.
Jul 26, 2017 · Dr Lim Boon Keng (1869 - 1957) was an important Peranakan intellectual and social activist. This short video includes interviews with his great granddaughter, playwright Stella Kon, and Mr Alex Tan, Trustee of the Settlement of Dr Lim Boon Keng.
Nov 11, 2014 · Dr Lim Boon Keng (1869-1957) is one of Singapore’s pioneers and a supporter of Dr Sun Yat Sen in Nanyang during the 19th and 20th centuries.
This section explores the contributions of Dr Lim Boon Keng, one of Singapore’s pioneer social reformers, as well as the role of playgrounds and public campaigns in helping people in Singapore to cultivate good hygiene habits that safeguard public health.
Beneath the cocktail girls stood a long row of dark rosewood chairs, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and marble—the last remnants of prosperity which Dr Lim Boon Keng brought back to Singapore, from his seventeen-year sojourn in Fujian as president of Amoy University.
During the acute stages of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, Dr. Lim Boon Keng, a prominent leader of the Straits Chinese community in Singapore, contributed a series of articles to the Singapore Free Press under the pseudonym "Wen Ching."
