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| The blogger (pic right) posed with Dr. JB Lim |
On March 5, 2015
(Thursday) in conjunction with “Chap Goh Mei” or the Lantern Festival
celebrated on the 15th day of the 1st month in the lunisolar year in the lunar
calendar marking the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration, I have the
privilege to dine with “the Great Sifu” Dr. JB Lim, his wife Sally, their son Benjamin and girl-friend and my ex-colleague (1982-1985) Ir. Cheong Chee Kwong
(CK) at Kong Sai Restaurant (广西仔菜园鸡住家菜), Taman Paramount, P.J.
We savoured food like:
steamed village chicken (菜园鸡), pork belly (stomach)
pepper soup (猪肚汤), trotters in vinegar (猪脚醋), curry pork ribs, chicken feet salad and stir fried veggie “yau mak”.
As usual, the eloquent
and talkative Dr. Lim kept sharing with us many interesting stories including
medical information, his early education life and etc. in the course of dining. For instance, he explained in great detail the procedure and danger of balloon angioplasty. How all his various past institutions of
higher learning changed their names over the years. His fond memories of the interaction with his Jewish lecturers and coursemates, and other interesting stories. One hilarious joke was that he (a
Hainanese) couldn’t speak Cantonese well in the early days and once in KL he
tried to order beef balls and literally asked for “牛波”. Meanwhile, CK also accurately answered a few engineering questions posed by Dr.
Lim.
Actually I wanted to
treat Dr. Lim and his family as well as my old buddy CK and pay for the
dinner. But Sally was quick to foot
the bill while Dr. Lim pulled and stopped me from paying.
I wish to take this
opportunity to express my utmost gratitude to Dr. Lim for his invitation and second
consecutive treat of dinner and also to CK (who introduced me a few years ago to
join an e-buddy group from which I acquainted Dr. Lim) for accepting my
invitation to join us.
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| Let's be blessed with Peace & Victory ! |
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| Look at the fork and spoon in Dr. Lim's hands. I rarely see such posture for photos ! |
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| What a cute expression of Dr. Lim ! (老顽童 ?) (The above 3 photos are by courtesy of Ir. CK Cheong) |
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| Pic from left: CK Cheong, Benjamin Lim & girl friend |
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| Pic from right: Dr. JB Lim and his wife Sally |
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| pork belly soup |
It is
understood that Dr. Lim has been invited by the “Aged Unite To Organise
Rest & Recreation” or AUTORR Foundation to give a talk on “The Meaning of
Health" in April. 2015 and also by Cansurvive Centre Malaysia
He
has provided his impeccable C.V. to the organizers as follows:
A Brief CV of Dr Lim Ju Boo
B.Sc. PG Dip Nutr MSc MD PhD FRSPH FRSM
Dr Lim Ju Boo received his early education in
On graduation, Dr Lim was admitted into the
University of London where he read for his Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition at
the well-known Queen Elizabeth College (King’s College), graduating in 1966.
He then proceeded to the University of Cambridge
He again won another British scholarship to read
for his Master of Science degree in Food Safety, Analytical Food Chemistry,
Microbiology and Quality Control at the University of Reading, England,
graduating with an MSc in 1967.
Pursuant to his postgraduate training and
specializations, Dr Lim worked as a Research Nutritionist and Medical Toxicologist
at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Cambridge , United
States of America
At MIT he teamed up with US researchers to study
the role of mycotoxins on liver diseases and cancers in SE Asia before beginning
a more permanent career with the Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia in 1969
where he was posted to several departments at the Institute for Medical
Research (IMR) as a Senior Medical Research Officer and Head of Rural Health
Research.
At the IMR he underwent more training courses in
bio-statistics, epidemiology, community health research, behavoural sciences,
clinical research among others. While working and on partial study leave, he
completed his MD (Cal) in 1980.
He then further underwent a post-doctoral
training in molecular medicine where he developed an interest in the molecular
and cellular basis on the pathogenesis of most diseases including cancers
But it was when he was posted to conduct rural
health research instead, initially to his disliking, that Dr Lim developed
another interest in native medicine, especially in natural medicine and
medicinal plants as practised by most rural villagers, and now globally by most
people as well.
It was here he cultivated his new interest. He
then began doing his PhD, choosing Naturopathic Medicine as another field of
his new specialization. He left for London
On his return from England
That effort however turned the palm oil industry
round in 1989 after years of aggressive US
He then left to advance his further clinical
training in naturopathic medicine at medical centres in Sydney and Melbourne
while on a study leave from the Institute for Medical Research.
On his return, only then he was asked to
spearhead a Joint WHO-MOH-IMR Committee on Traditional and Alternative Medicine
to initiate the government’s plan and afford at the recommendation of WHO to
integrate and to implement traditional and alternative systems of medical
practices into the mainstream national health care structure of Malaysia
This system is successfully and officially
gazetted, and is now in place at government and private hospitals, as well as
in private practice in this country.
He was also instrumental in a study with a team
of medical experts to establish the new Sungai Buloh
Hospital
Dr Lim retired from Malaysian Civil Service in
1994.
In recognition of his exceptional educational and
professional achievements, and for his contribution to health and medicine, Dr.
Lim was made a Fellow of the 200-year old Royal Society of Public Health
(FRSPH) on 1st October, 1975 in London, and in 1994, he was also admitted into
the Rolls of Life Fellow of the prestigious 300-year old Royal Society of
Medicine in London.
Dr Lim is a founding member of many academic and
professional societies, among them, the Nutrition Society of Malaysia, the
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, the Malaysian Senior
Scientists Association, Malaysian Invention and Designs Society where he is an
International Judge for ITEX for the last 22 years till today.
It is to these scientific and professional
societies he has given countless lectures, talks, presented scientific papers
on health, medical and scientific issues. He has chaired many national and
international scientific conferences.
Dr Lim is currently a Special Medical and Science
Adviser, and Chief Consultant to the Technical Advisory Board at Dynapharm
Pharmaceutical Int’l Group
He plays the violin and is a member of the Kuala
Lumpur Symphony Orchestra. His other hobbies include astronomy, music, radio
listening especially BBC, ABC and CRI, nature study, microscopy, reading, among
others.