A reception was held of Saturday afternoon at the Garden Club, Raffles Chambers, on the occasion of the marriage of Mr Lim Khoon Teck, Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, to Miss Seow Guat Beng (Betty), second daughter of Mr Seow Poh Leng, General Manager of the Ho Hong Bank. The bridegroom's younger sister, Miss Lim Geck Siew, acted as bridesmaid and Mr. S. F. Ho was best man.
A simple ceremony was performed in the residence of the bride at 117 Emerald Hill Road, in the presence of relatives, and in spite of the unfavourable weather there was assembled at the Garden Club a large gathering which included Sir William and Lady Murison, Mr Justice and Mrs Sproule, Mr Justice and Mrs Stevens, the Rev and Mrs W. E. Horley, Dr and Mrs Lim Boon Keng, Mr and Mrs S. Q. Wong, Mr and Mrs S. Y. Wong, Mr and Mrs Yap Pheng Geck, Mr and Mrs H. D. Mundell, Mr Lim Bock Kee, Mr S. B. Tan, Mr H. M. Hoisington, Mr and Mrs I. H. Hoahing, Miss Rosie Fones, Miss Ou Lee Meng, Mr and Mrs C. H. Wang, Mr and Mrs Wing Loong and many members of the local bar.
In proposing the bridal toast, the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, said that he had known for some time the happpy bridegroom, who had been introduced to him by Sir Hugh Clifford as a very promising Chinese gengleman and in the Supreme Court he had found him a very capable and learned member of the legal profession. In referring to the bride, the speaker said that there was no need for his comments because the radiant presence of the bride would speak much and a look at her charming person would tell what a lucky man the bridegroom was. The Chief Justice toasted the happy couple with the old Chinese nuptial benediction, expressing the wish that when the bridegroom should come to the end of his long and happy days on earth there might appear an announcement stating that Mr Lim Koon Teck left behind twenty-eight children and several hundred grandchildren and many more hundred great grandchildren. [The Straits Times, 11 December 1929, Page 12]
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