CHINA-BORN Lim Chee Gee, better known as Lim Loh, was a wealthy industrialist who made his fortune in pre-war Singapore with rubber estates, brick and biscuit factories and thriving trading and construction businesses.

He passed away in 1929 at the age of 78.

But his legacy still stands today, in the form of the Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall, Goodwood Park Hotel and the Parliament House, which he helped to build, as well as Hong San See Temple, one of oldest temples in Singapore.

He is also the father of war hero Lim Bo Seng, who died under torture during the Japanese occupation in 1944.

Now, his descendants are donating a portrait of the wealthy entrepreneur, The Portrait Of Lim Loh, painted by famous Chinese artist Xu Beihong during his brief sojourn to Singapore in 1927, to the Singapore Art Museum on Friday.

Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Dr Lee Boon Yang will be there to officiate the ceremony, which is held on the official date of the Japanese surrender in World War II, in honour of Lim Bo Seng.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.