Draft:Lim Leack

Lim Leack (1804 - 22 August 1875), alternatively spelled Lim Liak, was a prominent merchant in Singapore.^[1]

Career

Lim came to British Malaya from China in 1825. He was a promoter of tin mining in the Malayan Peninsula as well as the cultivation of Tapioca in Malacca. After moving he co-founded the firm "Leack, Chin Seng & Co. chop Hiap Chin with Tan Chin Seng, a shipping business.^[2][3]

Personal life and death

Lim married Yeo Im Neo and had several children.^[4]

He died in China on 22 August 1875.^[2]

Lim Liak Street is named after him.^[5][6]

References

1. 新華歴史人物列傳. 敎育出版私營有限公司. 1995. ISBN 9789971006440.
2. Song, Ong Siang (1923). "One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore".
3. https://www.roots.gov.sg/-/media/Roots/Files/tiong-bahru-heritage-trail/tiong-bahru-ht-booklet-updated19July2022.ashx
4. "Origin of historical boundary marker found near Adam Drive puzzles researchers". The Straits Times. 4 April 2022.
5. Ng, Yew Peng (28 September 2017). What's in the Name? How the Streets and Villages in Singapore Got Their Names. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-322-147-5.
6. Savage, Victor R.; Yeoh, Brenda (15 June 2013). Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics. Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited. ISBN 9789814484749.