Lim is the son of Lim Keng Yaik, a former cabinet minister and president of Gerakan.
In June 2003, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysia's Minister of Primary Industries, charged Rainforest Foundation Norway with circulating misleading information about forestry management in Malaysia.
Alfredo Lim | Lim Guan Eng | Goh Keng Swee | Lim Kit Siang | Zimri-Lim | Lim Keng Yaik | Lim Peng Siang | Lim | Yvonne Lim | Tiu Keng Leng | Roger Lim | Phillip Lim | Paul Lim | Moses Lim | Miko Lim | Lim Si Pin | Lim (river) | Lim Por-yen | Lim Hak Tai | Lim Eng Beng | Catherine Lim | Vicente Lim | Sylvia Lim | Samboy Lim | Rynn Lim | Ron Lim | Poon Lim | Park Kyung-lim | Ong Keng Sen | Lim Tze Peng |
In the 2008 general elections, Tian Chua contested in the Batu parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur and won, defeating Barisan Nasional's Lim Si Pin (son of former national president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Lim Keng Yaik) with a 9,455 majority.
November 2005: Mr. Jamaluddin Jarjis, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations and Mr. Lim Keng Yaik, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water to take part to the second phase of the WSIS.