The search for the last missing person believed to be trapped beneath the collapsed section of Nicoll Highway has been called off yesterday evening. The person, Mr Heng Yeow Peow, was a foreman of the construction site for the Circle line and his family have already been notified of the decision. Mr Heng is survived by his wife and two children, aged eight and ten.
Nishimatsu-Lum Chang Joint Venture, main contractor of the MRT Circle Line worksite, has offered an ex gratia payment of $30,000 to each of the four families who lost a member in the tragedy.
Can money compensate for the lost of a loved one? Perhaps the answer is a resounding NO but I'm sure the company did not mean it that way... I do not know anyone who has relations involved in the accident, yet somehow, I still feel a sense of loss; a feeling of dejavu, so-to-speak, of how cruel Fate can be.
However, who am I to question God's design? only He knows the purpose of His actions...
