A Final Journey – The Last Train Part 5

August 1, 2011 by  
Filed under Heritage, Stories, Transport

By David Teo, 24 Jul 2011.

Mr Lee, former KTM worker responsible for maintaining the tracks
Mr Lee, former KTM worker responsible for maintaining the tracks visiting the tracks for the last time.

While preparing the last part of the 5-part series on “The Last Train” (Part 4 is here), I discovered Mr Lee, the grandfather of a friend, an elderly man all of 85 years. He is partially deaf, and has fading vision. and is so frail he cannot move on his own properly without his walking stick. He is by all accounts, typical of the aged in Singapore, a man who due to his age, keeps repeatedly his life story to all who are within earshot, to whoever cared to listen… Read more