Editing Lim Bo Seng (section)

== Family background and early life ==
Lim was born in Houpu Village, Meilin Town, Nan'an County, Fujian Province (now Manshanhong Village, Shengxin Town, [[Nan'an, Fujian]]) towards the end of the [[Qing dynasty]] in China. His father, Lim Loh ({{zh|c=林路|poj=Lîm Lō͘|p=Lín Lù|first=poj}}; 1852–1929), owned businesses in various industries, including construction, rubber, brick manufacturing and biscuit production, as well as properties in China and Southeast Asia. Lim Loh had six wives and a total of 19 sons and nine daughters; his first ten sons and first two daughters were adopted by his first four wives, while his fifth wife bore him seven sons and six daughters, and his sixth wife bore him two sons and a daughter. Lim Bo Seng was born to Lim Loh's fifth wife Png Bor Tan ({{zh|c=方牡丹|p=Fāng Mǔdān|poj=Png Bó͘-tan|first=poj}}; 1885–1930) and he was Lim Loh's 11th son but the first biological son in the family.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yu |title=The Mystery of Lim Bo Seng's Family |newspaper=[[Lianhe Zaobao]] |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zlifestyle/culture/story20180531-863341 |access-date=2 November 2023 |date=31 May 2018 |location=Singapore |language=Chinese}}</ref>

Lim initially attended an English school (now part of the Fujian Xiamen No. 2 Middle School) in [[Gulangyu]], [[Xiamen]] before he moved to Singapore at the age of 16 and studied at [[Raffles Institution]]. According to an oral interview conducted by the National Archives of Singapore with his brother Lim Bo Yam, Lim Bo Yam shared that Lim Bo Seng shifted to Anglo-Chinese School after Standard Seven and studied at ACS which was located at Cairnhill. In the Malaya Tribune (9 April 1928), it stated the Lim Bo Seng passed his Senior Cambridge Examination while studying at ACS. After graduating, he went on to pursue a degree in business at the [[University of Hong Kong]].<ref name="Remembering Lim Bo Seng">{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Sin Kiong |title=Remembering Lim Bo Seng |newspaper=[[Lianhe Zaobao]] |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zlifestyle/culture/story20200806-1074805 |access-date=2 November 2023 |date=6 August 2020 |location=Singapore |language=Chinese}}</ref>