Catherine Lim (simplified Chinese: 林宝音; pinyin: Lín Báoyīn) (b. 1942, Penang) is a Singaporean author. Lim is known for writing about Singapore society, and the of traditional Chinese culture. In 1994, Catherine Lim wrote an article, The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide, critical of the ruling party in The Straits Times. For this, she was reprimanded by then-Prime Minister Goh. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. She has two grown children who live abroad. Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... “The PAP and the people-A Great Affective Divide” is the title of a political commentary which was published in Singapore’s main newspaper, The Straits Times, on 3 September 1994. ... The Straits Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore, currently owned by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). ...

Career

Lim published her first short story collection called Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore, which showed the wit with which Lim is able to portray Singaporean society. Another story collection that followed in this tradition was O Singapore: Stories in Celebration from 1988. Her first novel was published in 1982 and it was entitled The Serpent's Tooth. Other popular books that have been published since then were The Bondmaid (1995) and Following the Wrong God Home. Her major theme in her stories is the role of women in traditional Chinese society and culture. In 1998 Lim was awarded the Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literary Award and in 1999 she received the S.E.A. Write Award. This article is in need of attention. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that has been presented annually since 1979 to poets and writers in Southeast Asia. ...

In 2000, she worked with the (now defunct) web portal Lycos Asia to pen an e-novella. The effort was called Leap of Love and was sold online (at 19 cents a chapter) before it was published by Horizon Books in 2003. It was released as the film The Leap Years by Singapore's Raintree Pictures. It is directed by Jean Yeo and stars Wong Li-Lin and Ananda Everingham. The Leap Years (aka Leap of Love) is a Singapore film by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, based on the novella Leap Of Love by Singaporean author Catherine Lim. ... MediaCorp Raintree Pictures (Chinese: 星霖电影) is a film production company based in Singapore. ... Wong Li-Lin (Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), known by the stage name Li-Lin, is a Singaporean actress. ... Ananda Everingham (Thai: อนันดา เอเวอริ่งแฮม, born May 31, 1982) is a Lao Australian film actor and model. ...

Her best-selling novel, The Bondmaid (which sold 75,000 copies) is also being made into a film by Hong Kong director, Stanley Kwan, of 'Lan Yu' fame, starring Fann Wong. Director Herbert Brenon with actress Alla Nazimova on the set of War Brides, 1916 A director is a person who directs the making of a film. ... Stanley Kwan (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; born October 9, 1957) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. ... Lan Yu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Lán Yǔ) is a gay-themed Chinese film by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan in 2001. ... Fann Woon Fong (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; born January 27, 1971), better known by her stage name Fann Wong,[1][2] is a Singaporean actress, singer and model. ...

The Great Affective Divide

In 1994, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong publicly castigated her for writing an article, The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide, in the Straits Times. The Prime Minister argued that if she wanted to voice her opinion on politics she should join a political party and her comments thus received a so-called "out-of-bounds marker." Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Priminster of Singa pyohbsdg vjhd|Lee Kuan Yew||3 June 1959 || 28 November 1990 || 1968 GE 94. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Goh Goh Chok Tong (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Hokkien: Gô· Chok-tòng; born May 20, 1941), was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from November 28, 1990 to August 12, 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew. ... “The PAP and the people-A Great Affective Divide” is the title of a political commentary which was published in Singapore’s main newspaper, The Straits Times, on 3 September 1994. ... The Straits Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore. ... An OB marker, short for out of bounds marker, is a term used in Singapore to denote what topics are permissible for public discussion. ...

Works

Novels:

• The Serpent's Tooth, Times Books International, Singapore, 1982
• The Bondmaid, self-published, 1995 (Orion 1997; foreign edns 1997, 1998)
• The Teardrop Story Woman, Orion, London, 1998
• Deadline for Love and Other Stories, 2001
• Following the Wrong God Home, Allen & Unwin, London, 2001
• Leap of Love, Horizon Books, Singapore, 2003 (a novella)
• The Song of Silver Frond, Orion, London, 2003
• Unhurried Thoughts At My Funeral, Horizon Books, Singapore, 2005

Short Story Collections: The Serpents Tooth is the nienteenth episode of NBCs legal drama Law & Order. ... Leap of Love is an upcoming Singapore film based on the novel by Singaporean author Catherine Lim. ...

• Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1978
• Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1980
• The Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream: Love Stories of Singapore, Times Books International, Singapore, 1987
• O Singapore! Stories in Celebration, Times Books International, Singapore, 1988
• They Do Return...But Gently Lead Them Back, Times Books International, Singapore, 1989
• Deadline for Love and Other Stories, Heinemann Asia, 1992
• Love's Lonely Impulses, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1992
• Meet Me on the Queen Elizabeth, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1993
• The Best of Catherine Lim, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1993
• The Woman's Book of Superlatives, Times Books International, 1993
• The Howling Silence: tales of the dead and their return, Horizon Books, Singapore 1999

External links

• Catherine Lim's website - Political Commentaries on Singapore
• Catherine Lim on Postcolonialweb.org
• Review of "Following the Wrong God Home" in Electica Magazine
• MediaCorp Raintree Picture's press release on Leap of Love
• Leap of Love on IMDB
• "Catherine Lim opens e-book chapter" - ZDNet Asia. 29 November, 2000
• Catherine Lim interview in the Plus section of TODAY. 15 February, 2006