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 have 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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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.
Location of tomb
He is buried in Hill 1 Division B, plot 251
Advertisement. (1919, October 9). The Straits Times, page 12
Property Sale. (1922, September 15). The Singapore Free Press, page 7
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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