Tribute to Lim Hock Siew by Ang Swee Chai

Tribute to Dr Lim Hock Siew, an inspiration

Like many, I learnt with great sadness of Dr Lim Hock Siew’s death. It is especially painful for me since I have only met him once, and so briefly on 11 February 2012. Dr Lim came to the memorial mass of my husband, Francis Khoo, when I brought his ashes back home to Singapore after 35 years of exile. It was a great honour to meet him. For many of us he is a hero of legendary status. I was too young to remember properly the mass arrest of 1963, the Operation Cold Store that incarcerated dozens of brave men and women who participated in the democratic struggle for Singapore’s independence. All I can recall was asking my mother about the many passport pictures published on the front page of the Chinese newspaper, Sin Chew Jit Poh . I asked her who those people were and why were their pictures lined up on the front page. They were arrested for political reasons was her answer...

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