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Lim Nee Soon (Chinese: 林義順; pinyin: Lín Yìshùn; 12 November 1879 – 20 March 1936) was a Singaporean banker and businessman who promoted social and community matters, and was a respected community leader in Singapore.
Lim Nee Soon (b. 12 November 1879, Singapore–d. 20 March 1936, Shanghai, China) was a planter and general merchant. 1 Upon the completion of his studies in Singapore, Lim worked for various firms until 1911 when he founded his own company, Lim Nee Soon & Co.
Nee Soon Road is named after Lim Nee Soon, a prominent rubber planter and merchant in Singapore. The road runs between Sembawang Road and Springleaf Road and has several roads and places named after Lim or his family members.
Yishun’s current name can in fact be credited to “Pineapple King” Lim Nee Soon (Source), a prominent entrepreneur who pioneered the local rubber plantation industry and a major player in the pineapples market in the mid-1800s in Singapore (Source).
Learn about Lim Nee Soon, one of the 50 remarkable Peranakans featured in the exhibition at the Peranakan Museum. He was a successful businessman in the pineapple industry and a close friend of Sun Yat Sen, who founded the Tong Meng Hui in Singapore.
This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. Lim Nee Soon (林义顺), a prominent Teochew millionaire, and pioneer rubber and pineapple planter in Singapore.
Through the highlighting and elaboration of significant issues answered by Lim Nee Soon, the author seeks to investigate and reposition Lim's reputation of an influential and significant character in the Chinese community.
