Hong Lim
Hong Lim | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Clarinda | |
| Assumed office 29 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Clayton | |
| In office 30 March 1996 – 29 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Gerard Vaughan |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1950 Cambodia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
Hong Muy Lim (simplified Chinese: 林美丰; traditional Chinese: 林美豐; pinyin: Lín Měifēng) (born 11 November 1950), Australian politician, has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1996, representing the seat of Clayton until 2014 and Clarinda thereafter. He represents the Labor Party.
Lim was born in Cambodia, and is of Chinese Cambodian origins. He was educated at schools in Phnom Penh before coming to Australia in 1970, and then at the University of Tasmania and Monash University, Melbourne, where he graduated in arts. He was Chairman of the Victorian Indo-Chinese Communities Council 1984–92 and President of the Cambodian Association of Victoria 1992–96. He was a commissioner of the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission 1985–92, and a member of the Monash University Council 1996–98.[1]
Lim was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1996, and was an appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Victorian Communities, John Thwaites, in 2002.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Lim, Hong". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
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- Cambodian emigrants to Australia
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- Living people
- Naturalised citizens of Australia
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- 21st-century Australian politicians