Lim Hui Ying

Yang Berhormat Puan
Lim Hui Ying
MP
Yang Berhormat Puan Lim Hui Ying MP
林慧英
Deputy Minister of Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 December 2023
Monarchs	Abdullah ; (2023–2024) ; Ibrahim Iskandar ; (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Anwar Ibrahim ; (Minister of Finance) ; Amir Hamzah Azizan ; (Minister of Finance II)
Preceded by	Ahmad Maslan ; (Deputy Minister of Finance I) ; Steven Sim Chee Keong ; (Deputy Minister of Finance II)
Constituency	Tanjong
Deputy Minister of Education
	In office; 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Fadhlina Sidek
Preceded by	Mah Hang Soon ; (Deputy Minister of Education I) ; Mohamad Alamin ; (Deputy Minister of Education II)
Succeeded by	Wong Kah Woh
Constituency	Tanjong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Tanjong
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Chow Kon Yeow ; (PH–DAP)
Majority	28,754 (2022)
Senator ; Elected by the ; Penang State Legislative Assembly
	In office; 27 August 2018 – 5 November 2022 Serving with ; Yusmadi Yusoff (2018–2021) ; Fadhlina Sidek (2021–2022)
Monarchs	Muhammad V ; (2018–2019) ; Abdullah ; (2019–2022)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad ; (2018–2020) ; Muhyiddin Yassin ; (2020–2021) ; Ismail Sabri Yaakob ; (2021–2022)
Preceded by	Ariffin Omar
Succeeded by	Lingeshwaran Arunasalam
Personal details
Born	Lim Hui Ying; 1963 (age 60–61); Singapore
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political; affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Relations	Lim Guan Eng (elder brother)
Parent(s)	Lim Kit Siang (father) ; Neo Yoke Tee (mother)
Education	University of Malaya (Bachelor of Arts)
Occupation	Politician

Lim Hui Ying (born 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister and Minister Anwar Ibrahim as well as Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong since November 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister of Education in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Fadhlina Sidek from December 2022 to December 2023. She served as a Senator from August 2018 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member and State Secretary of Penang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.^[1]^[2] She is the daughter of DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and younger sister of Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng.

Political career

In the 15th General Election, Lim contested for the first-time and won the Tanjong parliamentary seat under the Pakatan Harapan ticket.^[3]

She was then appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Education,^[4] along with Fadhlina Sidek as the Minister of Education.

Controversy

On 27 March 2023, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Ramli Mohd Nor reprimanded Lim over the failure of not preparing an answer for the oral question-and-answer session.^[5]^[6] Earlier, Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PN-Pengkalan Chepa) had asked about the education ministry’s plans to ensure students received nutritious meals in school. However, Lim told the Dewan Rakyat that she had not prepared an answer, and asked to submit a written reply. She said:

May I answer it through a written reply?
— Lim Hui Ying

An MP from Perikatan Nasional urged Lim to resign for failing to prepare an answer during the oral question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat.^[7] Meanwhile, MCA Youth secretary-general Daniel Wa Wai How said Lim’s salary should be docked by RM10, citing past DAP calls for the same type of punishment against ministers.^[8] Shortly after the incident, her special aide issued an apology, saying that the situation was “out of the ordinary”.^[9]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[10]^[11]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P049 Tanjong		Lim Hui Ying (DAP)	31,968	84.83%		Tan Kim Nee (MCA)	3,214	8.53%	37,683	28,754	71.34%
2022	P049 Tanjong		Lim Hui Ying (DAP)	31,968	84.83%		H'ng Khoon Leng (GERAKAN)	2,501	6.64%	37,683	28,754	71.34%