Chinese-Filipino Community
Lim Eng Beng started playing for a Chinese Filipino high school team (now known as, Chiang Kai Shek College) in Manila, Philippines in 1968. With the help of his elder brother, Lim was recruited to the high school varsity team where he led the high school team for 3 consecutive championships. The team consecutively travelled to Taipei, Taiwan each year to play for an invitational basketball tournament, where Lim's "deadly" shooting skills earned him great reputation among the Taiwan youth. In his senior year and leading his school team to the championships for the third consecutive year, he was awarded the Most Outstanding Varsity Player by the school principal.
He joined China Bank in Manila, in 1970, to play in the Inter-bank tournament and bagged the championship trophy.
In 1975, when he started playing in the newly created PBA (Philippine Basketball Association), the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce quickly awarded him as one of the four Most Outstanding Youth in the Chinese-Filipino community.
Continually playing in professional basketball from 1975 to 1986, he was among one of the few elite Chinese-Filipino athletes in the Philippines to be recognized as a superstar athlete and have inspired many youths to follow his footsteps.
In 1989, the Chiang Kai Shek Alumni Association awarded him a plaque of appreciation for the Most Outstanding Player representing the Philippines in International Tournaments. From 1990 to 1999, he played as playing coach for his Batch 31 basketball team.
From 1997 to 2001, he represented the PCFBL (Philippine Chinese Filipino Basketball League), as playing coach in the World Chinese Basketball Tournament and in the ASEAN Chinese Basketball League. Following are his and his team's accomplishments:
World Chinese Basketball Tournament:
Year 1997- 3rd placer held in Thailand Year 1998- 5th placer held in Beijing, China Year 1999- 2nd placer held in Malaysia Year 2000- Champions held in Sydney, Australia Year 2001- 3rd placer held in Thailand
ASEAN Chinese Basketball League:
Year 2000- Champions held in Thailand Year 2001- Champions held in Singapore Year 2002-2nd placer held in Indonesia
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