Author has boredom as his playmate


Lim surrounded by the memories of his heyday.

WHO can forget the independent candidate who ran for the Bukit Bintang constituency in the 1999, 2004 and 2008 elections and grabbed the headlines with his Lao Fu Tze hairstyle and black Nehru jacket. Yes, we’re talking about the flamboyant Billi Lim.

The public had never met such a personality. A nobody running for such a hot seat? Who did he think he was?

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