Bon Cheng Lim, better known as Sam Lim, is a Malaysian-born Australian politician.
10 Facts About Sam Lim
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Sam Lim was born on 6 June 1961 in Muar in the Federation of Malaya, the eldest of eight siblings in a Malayan Chinese family.
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Sam Lim lived for 15 years in a house with almost no electricity, no floor, and a leaking roof.
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The safari park closed down later, and Sam Lim moved into small business.
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Sam Lim decided to leave Malaysia and emigrate to Australia in 2005, planning to retire with his family.
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Shortly after his move in 2006 however, Sam Lim abandoned his plans to retire and continued his police dream by joining the Western Australia Police Force.
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Sam Lim was later transferred to the department's Perth headquarters in 2017, and was handed the responsibility of assisting multicultural Asian groups.
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Sam Lim was awarded Officer of the Year at the Nine News Police Excellence Awards in December 2020 for his role in pandemic outreach through translating COVID-19 announcements for multiple communities.
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Sam Lim speaks ten languages, including Malay, Mandarin Chinese and Indonesian.
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Sam Lim is part of the Labor Right faction, which is more economically and socially conservative.