Lim Chin Siong (1933-1996) was a trade unionist, politician and the youngest elected assemblyman in Singapore's history when he won the 1955 elections for the Bukit Timah Constituency as a PAP candidate. Unfortunately that same year, Lim Chin Siong, along with Fong Swee Suan, instigated a labour strike that resulted in the Hock Lee Bus Riots. Originally an attempt to seek higher wages and better working conditions, it became a pro-communist confrontation against the government and subsequently, students from Chinese schools joined the protest, resulting in four persons being killed and 31 injured. In 1956, Lim led thousands of students from Chinese schools to protest against the deregistering of the Singapore Chinese Middle School Students' Union following the bus riot. This resulted in a crowd of 4,000 gathering outside the Chinese High School at one point along with 7,000 workers joining them in a sympathy strike.