DR LIM HOCK SIEW (21 February 1931 – 4 June 2012)

Eight years ago today, Dr Lim Hock Siew passed away. He was 81. Dr Lim Hock Siew was a medical doctor and politician whose contributions to Singapore was cut short by the People’s Action Party (PAP) government. He and Dr Poh Soo Kai founded the Rakyat Clinic (People’s Clinic) along Balestier Road to serve the community and the poor. Dr Lim Hock Siew was a founder member of the PAP and subsequently, a member of the Central Executive Council of the Barisan Sosialis when the party split. He was arrested and imprisoned without trial for nearly 20 years in Operation Coldstore on 2 February 1963.