The son of Lim Thiam Huat, a landed proprietor of Sam Toh（三都）, China, where he was horn in 1857, Mr. Lim Mah Chye came to the Straits Settlements at the early of age of eleven and commenced commercial work in company with his brothers, who were then carrying on business as rice merchants in Beach Street under the style of Chin Huat & Co., with an important branch at Moulmein, Burma. In consequence, however, of the big fire at Moulmein, which destroyed nearly the whole of the town, the firm suffered enormous losses; whereupon Mr. Lim Mah Chye commenced laking up, on a very small scale, the general and revenue farms in the native States. Gradually he extended his operations, and he became a partner in the Pinang Opium and Spirit Farm and in the important firm of Chin Guan & Co., tin merchants, and was largely interested in various farms in the Negri Sambilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Setul, and Perlis. He was a member of the Pinang Literary Association, of the Chinese Club, and a patron of the Chinese Recreation Club. His wife is Cheah Geok Kee, a daughter of Mr. Cheah Eok, of Penang. His eldest son, Mr. Lim Chin Guan, was born in 1881. He finished his education at the Anglo-Chinese School. He was the head of the firm of Messrs. Chin Guan & Co., with offices at No. 15, Church Street. He was also a partner of the Kuala Lumpur firm of Messrs. Chow Kit & Co. A road in George Town, "Jalan Lim Mah Chye" was named after him. Reference/ Further Reading Wright, Arnold., & Cartwright, H. A. eds. 1908. Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. London: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company.