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33: 829: 189:. After the war, Lim was an obstetrician and public health official in Singapore. She worked for the Singapore Municipal Health Department at the Prinsep Street Infant Welfare Clinic, especially on promoting birth control awareness, addressing childhood infectious diseases, and expanding maternal and child clinic access. 231:
Maggie Tan married another Queen's Scholar, political activist Lim Hong Bee. They had two daughters; Patricia Lin, a television presenter in Singapore and later a professor in California, and Gillian Lin, a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London who performed internationally as a concert
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propaganda. In 1963, she became head of the maternal and child welfare department in the Ministry of Health. She was president of the Family Planning and Population Board, and an advisor to the Midwives' Council. She served on the Singapore Hospitals Board, and was an officer of the Singapore
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Lim was honorary medical officer of the Singapore Family Planning Association when it began in 1949. In early 1951, she was briefly detained with others, by the government, on charges of spreading
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Maggie Tan was born into a prominent family, the daughter of businessman Tan Kwee Swee, granddaughter of businessman
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Born into war : autobiography of a barefoot colonial boy who grew up to face the challenge of the modern world
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Later in her career, Lim was a professor of epidemiology and public health at the
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On 14 March 2022, Google celebrated Dr Maggie Lim with a doodle.
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Maggie Lim, then Maggie Tan, from a 1936 Singapore newspaper.
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Physician, public health official, college professor
760:"5 January: Remembering Dr Maggie Lim on Birthday" 232:pianist and recording artist for RCA. Lim died in 880:Alumni of the London School of Medicine for Women 537:"Dr. Maggie Lim, 6 Others Freed -- on Conditions" 841: 875:Queen's Scholars (British Malaya and Singapore) 181:, Lim was a camp doctor at Endau Settlement in 722: 433:"Maggie Tan Back from England Now a Doctor" 895:Singaporean emigrants to the United States 278:(in Chinese (Singapore)). Peranakan Museum 31: 672:"Birth-Control Incentives Used in Asia" 870:Raffles Girls' Secondary School alumni 842: 669: 885:Physicians of the Royal Free Hospital 588: 586: 584: 221:Royal College of Physicians of London 169:. She returned to Singapore in 1940. 757: 375: 373: 371: 890:20th-century Singaporean physicians 758:Desk, OV Digital (4 January 2023). 379: 187:Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army 163:London School of Medicine for Women 13: 812:National Heritage Board, Singapore 581: 407:"Miss Maggie Tan, Queen's Scholar" 125:( 5 January 1913 – November 1995, 14: 911: 865:Singaporean public health doctors 801: 485:"Crying Need For Family Planning" 368: 827: 324:"Father of Two Queen's Scholars" 226: 751: 716: 690: 663: 637: 611: 555: 529: 503: 704:. 23 November 1972. p. 42 598:Singapore Women's Hall of Fame 477: 451: 425: 399: 342: 316: 290: 261: 135:Singapore Women's Hall of Fame 130: 1: 491:. 23 February 1949. p. 4 413:. 24 January 1931. p. 12 330:. 30 January 1937. p. 13 254: 243:is Maggie Lim's grand-niece. 140: 543:. 6 February 1951. p. 7 517:. 9 February 1951. p. 4 380:Lee, June (15 August 2013). 304:. 29 January 1937. p. 2 113:{paternal great-grandfather) 7: 900:Women public health doctors 729:. London: Excalibur Press. 712:– via Newspapers.com. 698:"Group Elects New Officers" 686:– via Newspapers.com. 511:"Freed Doctor Back at Work" 10: 916: 670:Hunter, Pat (3 May 1973). 625:. 10 April 1954. p. 5 246: 808:Photographs of Maggie Lim 651:. 6 March 1958. p. 4 619:"Hospitals Board Members" 465:. 23 July 1952. p. 5 439:. 19 May 1940. p. 11 356:. 29 July 1929. p. 8 217:Royal College of Surgeons 172: 97: 89: 81: 73: 58: 42: 30: 23: 659:– via NewspaperSG. 633:– via NewspaperSG. 577:– via NewspaperSG. 569:. 19 May 1962. p. 4 525:– via NewspaperSG. 499:– via NewspaperSG. 473:– via NewspaperSG. 463:The Singapore Free Press 447:– via NewspaperSG. 421:– via NewspaperSG. 364:– via NewspaperSG. 338:– via NewspaperSG. 312:– via NewspaperSG. 215:Lim was a member of the 723:Lim, Hong Bee. (1994). 676:The Honolulu Advertiser 276:National Heritage Board 239:Singaporean playwright 194:Malayan Communist Party 137:posthumously, in 2014. 62:November 1995 (aged 82) 702:Honolulu Star-Bulletin 269:"高山仰止: 50位土生社群先驱的非凡人生" 107:{paternal grandfather) 350:"A Brilliant Scholar" 234:Claremont, California 202:University of Hawai'i 155:Raffles Girls' School 16:Singaporean physician 197:Paediatric Society. 167:Royal Free Hospital 159:Queen's Scholarship 789:has generic name ( 645:"Society Officers" 459:"Diphtheria Cases" 210:Planned Parenthood 860:Singaporean women 649:The Straits Times 623:The Straits Times 567:The Straits Times 541:The Straits Times 515:The Straits Times 489:The Straits Times 437:The Straits Times 411:The Straits Times 328:The Straits Times 185:, supporting the 120: 119: 907: 832: 831: 830: 823: 795: 794: 788: 784: 782: 774: 772: 770: 755: 749: 748: 720: 714: 713: 711: 709: 694: 688: 687: 685: 683: 667: 661: 660: 658: 656: 641: 635: 634: 632: 630: 615: 609: 608: 606: 604: 590: 579: 578: 576: 574: 563:"Dr. Maggie Lim" 559: 553: 552: 550: 548: 533: 527: 526: 524: 522: 507: 501: 500: 498: 496: 481: 475: 474: 472: 470: 455: 449: 448: 446: 444: 429: 423: 422: 420: 418: 403: 397: 396: 394: 392: 386:Rafflesian Times 377: 366: 365: 363: 361: 346: 340: 339: 337: 335: 320: 314: 313: 311: 309: 294: 288: 287: 285: 283: 273: 265: 206:East–West Center 132: 35: 21: 20: 915: 914: 910: 909: 908: 906: 905: 904: 840: 839: 838: 828: 826: 818: 804: 799: 798: 786: 785: 776: 775: 768: 766: 756: 752: 737: 721: 717: 707: 705: 696: 695: 691: 681: 679: 668: 664: 654: 652: 643: 642: 638: 628: 626: 617: 616: 612: 602: 600: 592: 591: 582: 572: 570: 561: 560: 556: 546: 544: 535: 534: 530: 520: 518: 509: 508: 504: 494: 492: 483: 482: 478: 468: 466: 457: 456: 452: 442: 440: 431: 430: 426: 416: 414: 405: 404: 400: 390: 388: 378: 369: 359: 357: 348: 347: 343: 333: 331: 322: 321: 317: 307: 305: 302:Morning Tribune 296: 295: 291: 281: 279: 271: 267: 266: 262: 257: 249: 229: 175: 153:. 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A young smiling Asian woman, wearing round glasses. Her dark hair is cut to jaw length.
California
Tan Kim Ching
Tan Tock Seng
Chinese
Singapore Women's Hall of Fame
Tan Kim Ching
Tan Tock Seng
Raffles Girls' School
Queen's Scholarship
London School of Medicine for Women
Royal Free Hospital
World War II
Johor
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
Malayan Communist Party
University of Hawai'i
East–West Center
Planned Parenthood
Royal College of Surgeons
Royal College of Physicians of London
Claremont, California
Stella Kon
"高山仰止: 50位土生社群先驱的非凡人生"
"Death: Tan"
"Father of Two Queen's Scholars"
"A Brilliant Scholar"


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