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Haji Omar Lim Yew Hock (b. 15 October 1914, Singapore–d. 30 November 1984, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia¹) was the chief minister of Singapore from 1956 to 1959, succeeding David Marshall.² Lim was noted for his work as a trade unionist³ before entering politics under the banner of the Singapore Progressive Party in 1948⁴ and later the Labour Party.⁵ As chief minister, Lim negotiated with the British for Singapore’s self-government⁶ and was noted for his tough stance against pro-communist elements and anticolonial activists. He died a Malaysian Muslim in his home in Jeddah.⁷

Early life
Lim studied at Raffles Institution under a four-year scholarship, graduating in 1931. He had planned to further his studies in England, but this was interrupted by his father’s sudden demise. Lim started work as a clerk and, through self-study, moved on to become a confidential stenographer with Cold Storageuntil 1947.⁸

Career
Lim became involved in public affairs after World War II. In 1947, he took on the position of secretary-general of the Singapore Clerical

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Lim Yew Hock

Malaysian politician

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.

Lim Yew Hock (Chinese: 林有福; pinyin: Lín Yǒufú; 15 October 1914 – 30 November 1984) was a Singaporean-born Malaysian^[2]^[3] politician and diplomat who served as Chief Minister of Singapore between 1956 and 1959. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cairnhill between 1959 and 1963 and previously a Member of the Legislative Council and later Legislative Assembly between 1948 and 1963 and the Leader of the Opposition between 1959 and 1963. He and his family elected to take up Malaysian citizenship after Singapore's independence from Malaysia.^[1]

In his early years, Lim worked as a clerk after he graduated from the Raffles Institution. Following the end of World War II, he joined the labour movement and later began his political career, joining the Progressive Party (PP) in 1947. In 1949, he became a member of the Labour Party. He founded the Labour Front (LF) with David Marshall. The Rendel Constitution was implemented in 1955 due to political instabili

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Tan Kheam Hock (陈谦福 or Chen Qianfu; 1862, Penang–21 April 1922, Singapore) was a Straits Chinese born in Penang to wealthy merchant Tan Teng Poh (陈登榜). Educated at the Penang Free School, Tan worked for eight years at the Penang branch of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, before spending two years in Calcutta, where he started a produce business. Tan then came to Singapore in 1889 and became part of the syndicate that monopolised the spirit and opium farms until 1906. In 1901, he became the labour contractor for the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company and then for the Singapore Harbour Board, which replaced the former in 1913, supplying coolies to them. At the time of his death, he reportedly had as many as 5,000 coolies in his employment.

He was a committee or council member of various organisations including the Chinese Advisory Board, Po Leung Kuk, Straits Chinese British Association and the King Edward VII Medical School. He was the chairman of the Eastern United Assurance Co. Ltd. and the director of a number of rubber, tin and