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The name card of Mr Lim Kia Tong<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And he said these words to me:”I heard you been writing a lot on Singapore football.” before he handed me his name card, as shown.<\/p>\n

That was only the second time<\/i> I had met Mr Lim Kia Tong face-to-face, despite snapping him from a distance ever since his rise to prominence in local football. <\/p>\n

He took over the presidency of the Football Association of Singapore in 2017 when his team won the election after FAS held its first election in decades.<\/p>\n

I will not touch on what he did for the game of football in Singapore, as plenty of articles out there have already documented that<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mr Lim addressing the media in 2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

However, before I conclude this short post, I thought it would be a good idea to share how and when I first met Mr Lim.<\/p>\n

It was in a boardroom at the old National Stadium during the early 2000s, if I remember correctly \u2014 where we both sat on a panel to select nominees for a year-end award.<\/p>\n

It was during that lively discussion that I had my first (and only) taste of Mr Lim’s aura as a lawyer. As the chairperson, he put me on the spot to justify my choice of candidates, leaving me temporarily at a loss for words.<\/p>\n

Even though it lasted only a few minutes, that brief exchange was so deeply etched in my mind that I still remember it vividly.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your service to Singapore football, Mr Lim. May you rest in peace.<\/p>\n

P.S.: I decided to come up with this short post after I came across a posting on Mr Lim by “Death Kopitiam Singapore” <\/a>on the eve of his death anniversary.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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