Lim Boo Chang

Lim Boo Chang (born 25 November 1955 in Penang, Malaysia; simplified Chinese: 林武灿; traditional Chinese: 林武燦; Jyutping: Lam4 Mou5 Caan3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bú-chhàn; pinyin: Lín Wú Chán) is a Malaysian politician.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim (林).
Lim Boo Chang
KMN
林武灿
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Datok Keramat
In office
1995–2004
Preceded byK. Balasundaram (DAP)
Succeeded byOng Thean Lye (Gerakan)
Personal details
Born (1955-11-25) 25 November 1955
Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyGERAKAN (1984-1999)
MCA (1999-2008)
PKR (2008–2011)
Independent (2011–2016)
MUP (2016–present)
Alma materNorth East London Polytechnic, Lincoln's Inn, Nanjing University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
Lim Boo Chang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese林武燦
Hanyu PinyinLín Wú Chán
JyutpingLam4 Mou5 Caan3
Hokkien POJLîm Bú-chhàn
Tâi-lôLîm Bú-tshàn

Educations

He obtained three separate academic achievements: Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics from North East London Polytechnic in 1981; Barrister-at-law from Lincoln's Inn in 1984, and ; Master of Literature from Nanjing University in 2006.

Politics

He was appointed to serve as a Penang Island Municipal Councillor from 1990 to 1995. He was elected and served for two consecutive terms as the Penang State Legislative Assemblyman of Datok Keramat from 1995 to 1999, and from 1999 to 2004.

Lim is the son of Datuk Lim Ee Heong, a veteran politician who helped Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu in the formation of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), which took over the Penang state government in 1969 from the then Alliance Party. He followed his father's footstep and joined GERAKAN in 1984 upon his return from United Kingdom after being called to the English Bar. Subsequently, he was elected as its National Youth Chairman and thus as ex officio vice-president of GERAKAN (1993–1996).

On 3 December 1999, he and Lim Chien Aun; who is Tun Dr Lim's son resigned from GERAKAN after they just won in the 10th 1999 Malaysian general election as its candidates to be the Penang state assemblymen five days earlier to join Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA).[2]

In December 2002, his party membership was suspended indefinitely by MCA for abstaining in voting on the opposition party DAP's motion to suspend the controversial Penang Outer Ring Road project. The suspension was later on lifted in September 2003, a few months before the Malaysian 11th General Elections.

He resigned from MCA on 4 April 2008.[3] He becomes a political commentator and maintaining his own blog since 19 April 2008 via www.limboochang.com. He joined the People's Justice Party (or Parti Keadilan Rakyat, PKR) with his membership officially announced by the de facto leader of that Party, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Penang on 15 June 2008. He was announced as the Bukit Gelugor PKR division chief in October 2010.[4]

He resigned from PKR on 14 December 2011 over his disagreement with the party's policy in the party's policy in the Penang Island Municipal Council.[5] He eyed to return to GERAKAN but the party was reluctant to accept him back.[6]

Lim was one of the three founding Vice Presidents for the new Penang-based party, Malaysian United Party (MUP) established on 2 December 2016 to provide check and balance on both the ruling and opposition parties.[7][8]

Books

Lim wrote two books on politics in Mandarin. One on his experience in Gerakan called "The Cross-Section" in August 1996 (ISBN 983-99150-0-2), and the other which is based on his Master thesis on the MCA titled "Towards a Participatory Model of Political Culture- A Treatise on the MCA's Development" in July 2005 (ISBN 983-42670-0-2).

Honour

Lim was conferred the federal award of Kesatria Mangku Negara (K.M.N.) by the Malaysian King in 2006. It does not carry any title.[9]

Honours of Malaysia

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia[10][11]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1986 Jelutong, Penang Lim Boo Chang (Gerakan) 15,833 37.91% Karpal Singh (DAP) 25,932 62.09% 42,723 10,099 71.34%
2004 Bukit Gelugor, Penang Lim Boo Chang (MCA) 21,268 48.56% Karpal Singh (DAP) 22,529 51.44% 44,618 1,261 74.21%
Penang State Legislative Assembly[10][11][12][13]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1995 Datok Keramat Lim Boo Chang (Gerakan) 9,974 66.33% Wong Hang Yoke (DAP) 4,681 31.13% 15,038 5,293 74.21%
Seevaraju Muniandy (PBS) 96 0.64%
1999 Lim Boo Chang (Gerakan) 8,599 59.60% Karpal Singh (DAP) 5,451 37.78% 14,427 3,148 72.04%
2018 Lim Boo Chang (MUP) 194 1.10% Jagdeep Singh Deo (DAP) 13,712 75.30% 18,504 9,561 81.80%
Lee Boon Ten (Gerakan) 4,151 22.80%
Muhd Majnun Abd Wahab (IND) 146 0.80%
Nicholas Diane Morgan (PFP) 18 0.10%

References
  1. Singh, Daljit (2003). Southeast Asian affairs 2003. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-981-230-216-8. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. "Gerakan Slams Two Assemblymen For Quitting Party". Utusan Online. 4 December 1999. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. "Boo Chang quits after eight years". The Star. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. Boo Chang wins Bukit Gelugor PKR division Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Lim Boo Chang keluar PKR, masuk semula Gerakan". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Malaysia. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "Boo Chang quits PKR and eyeing return to Gerakan". The Star. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. Tan, Christopher (31 July 2017). "New party to stand united with all Malaysians". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  8. McIntyre, Ian; Lee, Edmund (6 April 2018). "MUP vows to bring back 'politics of service' to people". The Sun. Malaysia. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  10. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  11. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 5 May 2014. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  12. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  13. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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