Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Ch'en Lien-chung

Mr. Chan Lim Chung

陳廉仲

(Chen Lien-chung)

Chan Lim Chung, of Namhoi, Kwangtung, born in 1889, is president of the General Chamber of Commerce of Kwangtung and treasurer of the Canton Merchants Volunteer Corps, an organized army of civilians with miltary training and equipment prepared for local defence. Mr. Chan is right hand man of the well-known Cantonese merchant, Chan Lim Pak, his elder brother. Chen Lim Chung is a director in many noted local firms and associated with his brother in the compradore office of the Hong-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of Shameen, Canton. Like his brother, Lim Pak, Mr. Chan follows pretty closely in the way of giving support to activities for the welfare of the public. The property of the Canton Merchants Volunteer Corps, including lands, building, arms and ammunitions belonging to the general headquarters of the organization, worth nearly a million dollars, is under his direct attention. The fact that the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce at Canton has been able to function at all during the disturbed political situation at Canton has been due largely to his enterprise and executive ability.