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Mary Lim
Mary Lim (née Hii Yang Eng; ; born 1948) is a Bruneian educator and businesswoman of Ethnic Chinese in Brunei, Chinese descent. Best known as the CEO and founder of Seri Mulia Sarjana School (SMS), she has made contributions to both education and business in Brunei. Early life and education Mary Lim, born Hii Yang Eng in 1948 in Sibu, Crown Colony of Sarawak, was the second eldest of ten siblings, with three sisters and six brothers. At the age of five, her parents moved the family to Brunei, where she attended Chung Ching Middle School, Seria, Chung Ching Middle School (CCMS) in Seria. Although she harboured a strong ambition to pursue higher education, she had to forgo this dream after graduating from secondary school in 1965 due to her family's financial constraints. Career Lim started her teaching career at Kampong Sungai Liang's Chung Lian School, a modest establishment with just a few dozen students. She returned to CCMS, her old mater, in 1970 and spent six years t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu (surname 許)
Xu () is a Chinese surname. In the Wade-Giles system of Romanization of Chinese, romanization, it is romanized as Hsu, which is commonly used in Taiwan. Variations Sinitic languages * Cantonese: Heoi (Jyutping), Héui (Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale Romanization), Hui, Hoi, Hooi. * Hokkien: Khó͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī), Khóo (Tâi-lô). * Teochew Min, Teochew: Kóu, Kho, Koh, Khoh, Khor, Khaw, Ko. * Fuzhou dialect, Fuzhou: Hii, Hee, Hoo. * Hakka Chinese, Hakka: Koo. Other languages In Japanese language, Japanese, is transliterated as Yurusu, Bakari, or Moto and in Sino-Japanese vocabulary, Sino-Japanese as Kyo or Ko. In the Yale romanization of Korean, is Heo (). In Vietnamese language, Vietnamese, the character is converted to Hứa. The Hoa people overseas Chinese of Vietnam with the surname may have it spelled as Hái or Hy when immigrating to the English-speaking World, particularly the United States. Other spellings include Hee and Hu. In Cebuano language, Cebuano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
