Draft:Lim Leack

Lim Leack (1804 - 22 August 1875), alternatively spelled Lim Liak, was a prominent merchant in Singapore.

Career
Lim came to British Malaya from China in 1825. He was a promoter of tin mining in the Malayan Peninsula as well as the cultivation of Tapioca in Malacca. After moving he co-founded the firm "Leack, Chin Seng & Co. chop Hiap Chin with Tan Chin Seng, a shipping business.

Personal life and death
Lim married Yeo Im Neo and had several children.

He died in China on 22 August 1875.

Lim Liak Street is named after him.