Lim Chong Eu

Tun Lim Chong Eu has had a very interesting life. One of six doctors who included Lim Kean Hock and Lau Fook Khean who were invited by Dr Robert Lim on a visit to London to help in China he remained behind while the others left China, appalled by the dead killed by the winter in the streets and by the blackmarketting of pennicilin which fetched 3 million yuan (uniforms cost 3 million) He rose to the rank of col general; became personal doctor to Chen Cheng the prime minister but came back to Penang when Deng Xiao Ping drove the PM to Taiwan. His great contribution was the turning of Penang into another Silicon Valley. He set an example by not making any comments on the performance of his successors.