Hong Lim
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Hong Lim (Template:Zh; born 11 November 1950) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2018, representing the seat of Clayton until 2014 and Clarinda from 2014 to his retirement in 2018. He represented the Labor Party.
Lim was born in Cambodia, and is of Chinese Cambodian origins. He was educated at schools in Phnom Penh before coming to Australia in 1970, and then at the University of Tasmania and Monash University, Melbourne, where he graduated in arts. He was Chairman of the Victorian Indo-Chinese Communities Council 1984–92 and president of the Cambodian Association of Victoria 1992–96. He was a commissioner of the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission 1985–92, and a member of the Monash University Council 1996–98.[1]
Lim was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1996, and was an appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Victorian Communities, John Thwaites, in 2002.[1]
Lim retired in 2018 after 22 years in parliament.[2]
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- Mr Lim's select guest list
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- 1950 births
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
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- Australian people of Chinese descent
- Cambodian emigrants to Australia
- Cambodian people of Chinese descent
- Living people
- Naturalised citizens of Australia
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- Australian politicians of Asian descent