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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. He was de factoLeader 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.

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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 Lab