P. G. Lim | |
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| 2nd Ambassador of Malaysia to Belgium | |
| In office 18 February 1977 – 27 September 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Stephen Lai |
| Succeeded by | Kassim Hussein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lim Phaik Gan (1915-06-29)29 June 1915 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 7 May 2013(2013-05-07) (aged 97) Perth, Western Australia |
P. G. Lim | |
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 林碧顏 |
| Simplified Chinese | 林碧颜 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Bìyán |
| Jyutping | Lam4 Bik1 Ngaan4 |
| HokkienPOJ | Lîm Phek-gân |
| Tâi-lô | Lîm Phik-gân |
Tan SriLim Phaik Gan, known asP. G. Lim, (Chinese:林碧顏;pinyin:Lín Bìyán;Jyutping:Lam4 Bik1 Ngaan4;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Lîm Phek-gân; 29 June 1915 – 7 May 2013)[1][2] was a British-bornMalaysianlawyer anddiplomat. She was one of the first female lawyers to practice inMalaysia.[3] Lim also served as Malaysia's first female ambassador.[4] She served as Malaysia's Ambassador to theUnited Nations,Yugoslavia, Austria, and theEuropean Economic Community during her diplomatic career.[3]
Lim was born in London, United Kingdom in 1915.[3][4][5] Her father, Lim Cheng Ean (Chinese:林清淵;pinyin:Lín Qīngyuān;Jyutping:Lam4 Cing1 Jyun1;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Lîm Chheng-ian), was a lawyer and legislative councillor (Jalan Lim Chin Guan is named after her father).[4] Her mother, Rosalind Hoalim, was BritishGuyanese.[4] Lim was oldest of her siblings, who includeLim Kean Chye and former MPLim Kean Siew.[6][7]
Lim graduated fromConvent Light Street inGeorge Town, Penang.[4] She was one of the first women from present-day Malaysia to receive a Master's of Law fromGirton College, Cambridge.[3]
In 1948, she acted as thedefence attorney forLee Meng, a Communistguerrilla leader arrested inPerak,Malayan Union.[3] In 1968, she defended eleven young people who had been sentenced to death for collaborating with Indonesian forces during theIndonesia–Malaysia confrontation.[3] She secured pardons for all eleven defendants from theSultan of Johor and theSultan of Perak.[4]In the 1960s, Lim was politically active as a member of theLabour Party of Malaya. She stood forelection in the seat of Sentul in 1964 under the banner of the Socialist Front, but lost the seat to theAlliance Party.
TheMalaysian Parliament was suspended in 1969 in the aftermath of thesectarian riots in the country. P. G. Lim was one of only two women to be appointed to theNational Operations Council, which governed Malaysia from 1969 to 1971 in the aftermath of the riots.[3] Members of the Council approved theMalaysian New Economic Policy in 1970, which was implemented in 1971.[3]
In 1971,Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdul Razak Hussein named Lim deputy permanent representative to theUnited Nations, a position which held the rank of Ambassador to the UN.[3] Lim later continued her diplomatic career as the Malaysian Ambassador toYugoslavia, Austria, and theEuropean Economic Community.[3]
She served as the Director of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration until her retirement in 2001.[3] Lim was awarded theMerdeka Award in 2009.[3]
Lim died inPerth, Western Australia, on 7 May 2013, at the age of 97. She was survived by two children, Wee Han Kim and Caryn Lim, and two grandchildren.[3]
Malaysia :
Commander of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) -Tan Sri (2011)[8]
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Knight Commander of theOrder of the Perak State Crown (D.P.M.P.) -Dato’ (1997)[9]
Penang :
Companion of theOrder of the Defender of State (D.M.P.N.) -Dato’ (1997)[10]| International | |
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