Wk5 - Lim Beng Hong

Where was Lim Benh Hong from?

• London, England

• Bangkok, Thailand

• Butterworth, Penang

• KL, Malaysia

Lim Beng Hong was a ​ (a)   lawyer who worked to improve ​ (b)   rights and make sure they were treated fairly under the ​ (c)   .

• Malaysian
• Chinese
• English
• women's
• men's
• law
• King
• worker's

She was the first female lawyer in Malaysia

• True

• False

Where is Malaysia?

She went to ​ (a)   to get her law degree and took the ​ (b)   exam after to become a qualified lawyer. She was admitted to the ​ (c)   Temple, one of the four prestigious Inns of Court in ​ (d)   .

• England
• bar
• Inner
• London
• India
• law
• Higher
• KL

In what year did she come back to Penang with her law degree?

• 1927

• 1919

• 1900

• 1987

She moved to ​ (a)   , which also came under ​ (b)   control. During this perilous time, Oon showed incredible bravery by smuggling ​ (c)   for prisoners of ​ (d)   in Changi Prison.

• Singapore
• Japanese
• letters
• war
• China
• British
• weapons
• business

Put these events in chronological order.

• Sher returned to Penang with her new law qualifications.

• She moved to Singapore and helped prisoners smuggle letters durin gthe War.

• She became President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers.

• She moved to England to get her law degree.

• She became a key figure in the Labour Party of Malaya and authored the Women’s Charter.

Lim Beng Hong was also known as B.H. (a)  

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