Lim Kim San

Lim Kim San
林金山
Minister for the Environment
In office
1 February 1979 – 6 January 1981
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byEdmund W. Barker
Succeeded byOng Pang Boon
In office
16 September 1972 – 1 June 1975
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEdmund W. Barker
Minister for Communications
In office
31 December 1976 – 30 June 1978
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byYong Nyuk Lin
Succeeded byOng Teng Cheong
Minister for National Development
In office
31 December 1976 – 31 January 1979
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byEdmund W. Barker
Succeeded byTeh Cheang Wan
In office
19 October 1963 – 8 August 1965
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byTan Kia Gan
Succeeded byEdmund W. Barker
Minister for Education
In office
11 August 1970 – 15 September 1972
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byOng Pang Boon
Succeeded byLee Chiaw Meng
Minister for the Interior and Defence
In office
17 August 1967 – 10 August 1970
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byGoh Keng Swee
Succeeded byGoh Keng Swee
(as Minister for Defence)
Ong Pang Boon
(as Minister for Home Affairs)
Minister for Finance
In office
9 August 1965 – 16 August 1967
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byGoh Keng Swee
Succeeded byGoh Keng Swee
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Cairnhill
In office
21 September 1963 – 5 December 1980
Preceded byLim Yew Hock
Succeeded byWong Kwei Cheong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Singapore
In office
2 November 1963[1] – 9 August 1965
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Lim Kim San

(1916-11-30)30 November 1916
Singapore, Straits Settlements, British Malaya
Died20 July 2006(2006-07-20) (aged 89)[2]
Singapore
Spouse
Pang Gek Kim
(m. 1939; died 1994)
Children5
Parent(s)Lim Choon Huat (father)
Wee Geok Khuan (mother)[3]
Alma materRaffles College
Known forLeading a successful public housing programme, the Housing Development Board.

Lim Kim San DUT (Chinese: 林金山; pinyin: Lín Jīnshān; 30 November 1916 – 20 July 2006) was a Singaporean businessman, civil servant, and politician who served as a Cabinet minister with a variety of portfolios between 1965 and 1981. Prior to his tenure as a member of parliament, Lim was appointed chairman of Singapore's newly created Housing & Development Board (HDB), and he would go on to be recognized for the HDB's success in its resolution of Singapore's housing shortage.[4]

Following his elected political career, Lim would go on to hold other positions in Singapore's public sector.

  1. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DEWAN RA'AYAT (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) OFFICIAL REPORT" (PDF). Dewan Rakyat. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Lim Kim San (Lin Jin Shan)". History of Singapore Pioneers. 30 September 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Lim Kim San". National Library Board. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Lim Kim San to take over as SPH executive chairman". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 22 October 2021.