Lim Bang Inn was a student in Anglo Chinese School. He went on to Hong Kong University to study and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with Second Class Honors in 1918 and later came back to become a manager of Lim & Seah, Civil Engineers, Surveyors and Architects, located at 92 Robinson Road (2nd floor). Lim Bang Inn was granted a license to practice as a surveyor in Singapore in 1919. Appraisers' licenses was granted to Lim Bang Inn and Seah Eck Jim in May 1923.
Lim Bang Inn passed away on 3 February 1926 at the age of 32.
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| Lim Bang Inn |
Building plans by Lim & Seah / Architect/Surveyor - Seah Eck Jim, Lim & Seah
This are activities that took place after the death of Lim Bang Inn but done by architect and surveyor, Seah Eck Jim while he was still with Lim & Seah.
BUNGALOW. (1928). PLAN OF BUILDING AT GROVE ROAD
3 DWELLING HOUSES (1928). PLAN OF BUILDING AT CUPPAGE ROAD
(1930) . PLAN OF BUILDING AT UPPER SERANGOON ROAD
Property purchase
Lim Bang Inn bought a freehold building land off Bukit Timah Road, 29,239 sq ft property at 6 cents per sq ft for a total of $1,754. 34. Other than that, there is no further details i found about him.
Business Partner of Lim and Seah
Lim Bang Inn business partner was likely Seah Eck Jim. Seah Eck Jim was a local pioneer architect that went on to do well. It was mentioned in a newspaper article dated 1937 that he was the architect of the new premises of Sze Hai Tong Banking and Insurance Co. Ltd, a 4 storey building costing $180,000 at the junction of Chulia and Philip Street. Seah Eck Jim met an untimely death when in 1 February 1968 (then a retired architect) died when he killed by a car that was dangerously driving too closely to the left side of the road at the 3 1/2 mile at Bukit Brown. Mr. Seah Eck Jim was standing on the side of the road when the car strike him.
Advertisement. (1919, October 9). The Straits Times, page 12
Property Sale. (1922, September 15). The Singapore Free Press, page 7
Location of tomb
He is buried in Hill 1 Division B, plot 251
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| Lim Bang Inn tomb in Bukit Brown (May 2026) |
References
Social and Personal. (1918, June 12). The Straits Times, page 8Advertisement. (1919, October 9). The Straits Times, page 12
Property Sale. (1922, September 15). The Singapore Free Press, page 7
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