Ivy Singh-Lim
{{Short description|Singaporean farmer}}
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The Gentle Warrior
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Ivy Singh-Lim (born 1949) is a Singaporean farmer and former president of Netball Singapore and the Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA). She is also an advocate for animals and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Singapore (SPCA). Singh-Lim was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014. Singh-Lim is also known as "The Gentle Warrior."{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/hello-from-the-countryside-as-instascram-takes-a-long-ride|title=Hello from the #countryside as InstaScram takes a long ride|date=2017-09-29|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-29}}
Biography
Ivy Singh was born in Singapore in 1949 into a wealthy family where her father traced his lineage to the Rajput clan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100716-227291.html|title=The Gentle Warrior Farmer - Ivy Singh Lim|date=16 July 2010|website=AsiaOne|access-date=2019-11-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.swhf.sg/profiles/ivy-singh-lim/|title=Ivy Singh-Lim|website=Singapore Women's Hall of Fame|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-28}} She was one of four children and the only girl in the family. Ivy Singh eventually became involved in working in her family's property business.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ueLICgAAQBAJ&q=%22ivy%20singh-lim%22&pg=PA131|title=Her Story: Scwo's 25th Anniversary - Celebrating Womanhood|last=Tisa|first=Ng|publisher=DL Publishing|year=2005|isbn=978-981-4480-51-2|location=Singapore|language=en}} Ivy Singh married Lim Ho Seng, a successful businessman in 1982 and was renamed as Ivy Singh-Lim.{{Cite web|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/others/ivy-singh-lim-wants-form-all-women-political-party|title=Ivy Singh-Lim wants to form all-women political party|last=Theng|first=Koh Hui|date=2014-08-04|website=The New Paper|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}} Together they raised Lim's daughter from a previous marriage.
Between 1992 and 2005, she worked as president of Netball Singapore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spca-gets-new-home-and-champion|title=SPCA gets new home and champion|last=Tay|first=Tiffany Fumiko|date=2015-09-20|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}} During her tenure, she was "widely credited with bringing new life to the sport." In 1999, Singh-Lim became the president of the Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.netball.org.sg/About-Us/Milestones|title=Milestones|website=Netball Singapore|access-date=2019-11-28|archive-date=2019-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128222047/https://www.netball.org.sg/About-Us/Milestones|url-status=dead}} In 2000, she opened the Netball Singapore LifeHub. She left netball in 2006 to focus full time on her farm.
In 2000 Singh-Lim and her husband founded an organic farm, Bollywood Veggies at Lim Chu Kang area in Singapore after they both retired from their former careers. Singh-Lim has served as president of the Kranji Countryside Association, which is a union of farms in Singapore and was started in 2005.{{Cite news|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=20050318037137028&site=ehost-live|title=Farmers Lure the Big Dollars|date=18 March 2005|work=Post-Courier|access-date=28 November 2019|via=EBSCOhost|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZM9a8OQjXIC&q=%22ivy%20singh-lim%22&pg=PT578|title=Complete Notes from Singapore: The Omnibus Edition|last=Humphreys|first=Neil|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|year=2007|isbn=978-981-261-452-0|pages=124–125|language=en}} Singh-Lim emphasizes that it is important for people to have access to nature and feels that providing public access to farms helps accomplish this goal. She is also active in taking care of animals, supporting the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and in 2015 owned 19 dogs. Singh-Lim and her husband live with their dogs next to the farm.
Singh-Lim was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
References
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External links
- [http://bollywoodveggies.com/ Bollywood Veggies]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZmXnPQndCc Interview with Bollywood Veggies founder Ivy Singh-Lim]
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Category:21st-century women farmers
Category:20th-century Singaporean sportswomen