Sharp-shooters: Lim Keng Watt (seated, first left) together with members of the B (Chinese) Company, 4th battalion of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force posing with a shooting competition trophy circa pre-WWII.
It’s Fathers Day today so I would like to celebrate the life and times of my father Lim Keng Watt. Actually, some friends will say that the book I recently wrote about him called Memories Of A Malaccan is tribute enough, but I feel that I could have done better as his daughter and the self-appointed custodian of the things he left behind.
You see, my father had many stories that he wanted to share with us while he was alive, but we children were too young to appreciate them then, and later when we had started working outstation, we were too busy to listen to his tales of the past.
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