Background
Mr. Chan Lim Chung was born in Namhoi, Guangdong in 1889.
Mr. Chan Lim Chung was born in Namhoi, Guangdong in 1889.
Chen Lim Chung was a director in many noted local firms and associated with his brother in the compradore office of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of Shameen, Guangzhou. Like his brother, Lim Pak, Mr. Chan follows pretty closely in the way of giving support to activities for the welfare of the public. The property of the Guangzhou Merchants Volunteer Corps, including lands, building, arms and ammunitions belonging to the general headquarters of the organization, worth nearly a million dollars, was under his direct attention. The fact that the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce at Guangzhou was able to function at all during the disturbed political situation at Guangzhou was due largely to his enterprise and executive ability.