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Lim Lian Geok (traditional Chinese: 林连玉; simplified Chinese: 林连玉) was a Malaysian Chinese educator born in Yongchun, Fujian, China, formerly known as Lin Caiju. He taught at the Confucian Private Secondary School (then known as the Zun-Confucius School) in Kuala Lumpur from 1935 until he was expelled from the school by the Malayan government in August 1961. During this period, he devoted himself to safeguarding Chinese education and advocated equality between ethnic groups and languages. Actively striving to make Chinese one of the official languages of Malaysia, and promoted the establishment of the Federation of Malaysian Chinese School Teachers' Associations (Jiao Zong) and the Federation of Malaysian Chinese School Directors (Dong Zong). His spirit later inspired Malaysian Chinese to strive for civil rights.

Early education
Born in August 1901, Lim later graduated from Jimei University in October 1924 as a graduate of literature, history and geography.

Early teaching career
After the start of the Chinese Civil War in August 1927, Jimei University which Lim worked at was closed down. He then went to Ayer Tawar, Perak, Malaya (now Malaysia) and Jember Regency, Indonesia which he taught as a teacher. Lim published an article in a local newspaper in Jember which then caused suspicions from the local government's suspicions. Due to this, he applied to teach as a teacher in Klang, Malaya. He served as a teacher in a Chinese school in Klang for 4 years until 1935 where he served as a teacher in the Confucian Private Secondary School (then known as the Zun-Confucius School) in Kuala Lumpur until he was expelled in 1961.

Chairman of Jiao Zong
In 1949, Lim advocated for the establishment of the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Teachers' Association which was eventually formed in November 1950. He subsequently became the first chairman of the association. In August 1951, he openly opposed and protested against the Barnes Report and prompted the establishment of the Malaysian Chinese School Teachers' Association (Jiao Zong).

In 1952, Lim served as an advisor in Jiao Zong in which he urged the association's participation in the ministry of education's plan to reform Chinese school textbooks and curriculums.

Disenfranchisement
Lim became a legal citizen of the Federation of Malaya in September 1951.