Early life
Lim was born in Ipoh, Perak. She is the eldest of three children. Her parents are retired teachers. Outside politics, she played university rugby and has a YouTube channel of piano covers. In 2007, Lim was conscripted to join the National Service Training Programme.Education
Lim received her secondary education at SMK (P) Methodist Ipoh and took the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) at SMK Methodist (ACS) Ipoh. She graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance on a scholarship sponsored by Kerry Holdings Ltd. As an international student representative in the HKUST Business School Undergraduate Representatives’ Committee, she helped establish the Business Cohort Community (BCC) to help integrate freshmen. In 2013, she ran a 2-day emergency fundraiser for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, raising up to HKD 75,000 (USD 9,600).Career
Upon graduating, Lim worked as a conference producer covering Asia at Incisive Media’s Hong Kong (now known as Infopro Digital Risk (IP) Limited) office in 2014 – 2015. Her portfolio included two brands: Waterstechnology, covering financial technology and data for capital markets; and Risk.net, covering risk management, derivatives, and regulation. Lim also pioneered the first Asia Pacific (APAC) blockchain training course for capital markets players, Blockchain Bootcamp, held in Singapore in May 2016. Despite having left Incisive for Malaysian politics by then, the bootcamp has been replicated in Hong Kong and Sydney.Political career
Spurred by the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, Lim returned to Malaysia to participate in Malaysian politics in January 2016. She began her political career as the political secretary of Tony Pua, Member of Parliament (MP) for Damansara (previously named Petaling Jaya Utara) and DAP’s National Publicity Secretary at that time. In September 2016, Lim was appointed as a Councillor for the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ). In 2018, Lim was nominated as a DAP candidate for the Kampung Tunku state constituency during the 14th general election (GE14). She won the seat with a majority of 30,444 votes, beating MCA’s Tan Gim Tuan and Kampung Tunku's first female representative. At the age of 28 she was one of the youngest candidates in Selangor. She was also named as one of Prestige Magazine’s 40 Under 40 in 2019. In October 2018, Lim was a Professional Fellow under the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). She spent 4 weeks at the Massachusetts General Court with the offices of State Representative Michael Moran and State Senator Jamie Eldridge. She was also invited to speak on women’s representation in Malaysian politics to a study group under Amy Dacey at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.Election results
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Yi Wei 1989 births Living people Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians