Lim Chong Keat

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Lim Chong Keat (Chinese: 林蒼吉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Chhong-kiat; born 1930) is a Malaysian architect and botanist.

He trained at the University of Manchester and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1]

He considers himself to be a comprehensivist and universalist, like his role model Buckminster Fuller. He designed the KOMTAR Tower, in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia and Jurong Town Hall in Singapore.^[2][3][4]

He is a self-taught botanist. He has discovered and named about 40 palms and gingers.^[5][6]

He is the younger brother of Lim Chong Eu.