GUANGHUA SS HOLDINGS LIMITED v LIM YEW CHENG & Anor

Q: Which legislation does [2023] SGHCR 7 consider?

The judgment refers to High Court considered the question of whether the registration of a Malaysian judgment under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act (Cap 264) and Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2023] SGHCR 7 High Court Registrar 15 June 2023 HC/OA 302/2022 ( HC/SUM 3123/2022 ) 59 min read

11 cases cited (8 SG, 3 foreign) Cited by 3 cases

Outcome

Application dismissed

I dismissed the application.

Source: [2023] SGHCR 7, High Court Registrar, decided 15 June 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	15 June 2023
Judge	Desmond Chong
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Outcome	Application dismissed
Counsel	Setia Law LLC, WongPartnership LLP, Ang Guo Qiang, Danny Ong, Daryl Wong, Jason Teo, Lee Jin Loong, Vithiya Rajendra

Source: [2023] SGHCR 7, High Court Registrar, decided 15 June 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Service — Substituted service out of jurisdiction Civil Procedure — Foreign judgments — Registration — Setting aside

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Desmond Chong Delivered

Counsel (8)

Setia Law LLC Firm WongPartnership LLP Firm Ang Guo Qiang Counsel First Defendant Danny Ong Counsel Claimant Daryl Wong Counsel First Defendant Jason Teo Counsel Claimant Lee Jin Loong Counsel Claimant Vithiya Rajendra Counsel First Defendant

Parties (3)

Guanghua SS Holdings Limited Claimant Lim Yew Cheng Defendant Lin Minghan Defendant

Case Significance

Guanghua SS Holdings Ltd v Lim Yew Cheng and another [2023] SGHCR 7 is a grounds of decision of AR Desmond Chong in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 15 June 2023 in Originating Application No 302 of 2022 (Summons No 3123 of 2022). The claimant, Guanghua SS Holdings Limited, had obtained a Hong Kong judgment on 20 April 2022 under which Lim Yew Cheng (D1) was ordered to pay USD 7,140,096.20 plus interest and both defendants were ordered jointly and severally to pay USD 220,620,022.33 plus interest, and then registered that judgment in Singapore. The present application, SUM 3123, was D1's application to set aside the Registration Order, raising questions of substituted service out of jurisdiction and the setting aside of a registered foreign judgment.

[2023] SGHCR 7 explained

GUANGHUA SS HOLDINGS LIMITED v LIM YEW CHENG & Anor ([2023] SGHCR 7) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 15 June 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 3 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGHCR 7 about?

GUANGHUA SS HOLDINGS LIMITED v LIM YEW CHENG & Anor ([2023] SGHCR 7) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Service — Substituted service out of jurisdiction” and “Civil Procedure — Foreign judgments — Registration — Setting aside”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2023] SGHCR 7 consider?

The judgment refers to High Court considered the question of whether the registration of a Malaysian judgment under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act (Cap 264) and Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

How influential is [2023] SGHCR 7?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHCR 7 has been cited by 3 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

Guanghua SS Holdings Limited, having obtained a Hong Kong judgment against two defendants (including sums of USD 7,140,096.20 and USD 220,620,022.33), registered it in Singapore and effected substituted service of the notice of registration on the first defendant. The first defendant applied to set aside the registration and substituted service orders, raising whether the claimant should first have attempted service out of jurisdiction and whether substituted service abroad was permissible under the Rules of Court 2021. The Assistant Registrar dismissed the application, finding no prejudice.

What was Guanghua SS Holdings Ltd v Lim Yew Cheng [2023] SGHCR 7 about?

It was a decision of AR Desmond Chong, delivered on 15 June 2023, on Lim Yew Cheng's application to set aside the Singapore registration of a Hong Kong judgment obtained by Guanghua SS Holdings Limited, and on substituted service out of jurisdiction.

What sums were ordered in the Hong Kong judgment in [2023] SGHCR 7?

Under the Hong Kong judgment of 20 April 2022, Lim Yew Cheng was ordered to pay Guanghua SS Holdings Limited USD 7,140,096.20 plus interest, and both defendants were ordered jointly and severally to pay USD 220,620,022.33 plus interest.