Meet SMRT staff’s ‘Big Boss’: Cassidy, the 3-legged cat来认识一下SMRT员工的“大老板”：三条腿的猫咪卡西迪。
SMRT’s three-legged cat Cassidy becomes a social media favourite after his recovery from an accident at Kim Chuan Depot. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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SMRT Trains’ Daniel Siew, 52, engineering maintenance manager, and Zanna Lee, 50, senior manager in plans and resource management, with Cassidy.
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Published Oct 13, 2026, 05:15 PM
Updated Oct 13, 2026, 05:15 PM
SMRT’s social media has featured Cassidy, a three-legged depot cat nicknamed the “Big Boss”, who has lived at Kim Chuan Depot since 2008 and won wide online attention.
Cassidy was badly injured on 12 April and needed vet care and surgery costing $30,000, with staff and others helping to pay and care for him.
His recovery has brought SMRT colleagues closer, and staff now share updates through a Microsoft Teams chat group as Cassidy slowly returns to health.
SINGAPORE – It is common to scroll through SMRT’s social media pages and find posts about its buses and trains, service announcements and even features on its employees.
Of late, an “employee” of a different kind – one some called the “Big Boss” – has made it to its accounts.
Meet Cassidy, a three-legged cat which has been at Kim Chuan Depot since 2008. Its name is derived from the depot’s initials – KCD, though its caregivers are not sure who gave the feline the name.
SMRT staff at Kim Chuan Depot with Cassidy the cat on Oct 12. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
SMRT staff at Kim Chuan Depot with Cassidy the cat on Oct 12.
It started appearing on SMRT’s Instagram page in August, around the same time as a social media trend where children appear in “accidental selfies” on official accounts.
SMRT then followed up with two photo features on Cassidy’s backstory.
Cassidy’s posts have garnered more than 8,000 likes and over 90 comments, with some ex-employees reminiscing about their time with it.
“Miss those days with you when i work at smrt. Miss give you treats every night,” one netizen said.
SMRT Trains’ Zanna Lee, a senior manager in plans and resource management, with Cassidy. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
SMRT Trains’ Zanna Lee, a senior manager in plans and resource management, with Cassidy.
The community cat is well-liked by employees at the depot, a facility near the Tai Seng MRT station that serves both trains and buses, with 10 people there taking turns to care for and feed it before it lost a leg in an accident, said Daniel Siew, one of its caregivers.
The 52-year-old engineering maintenance manager said, in an interview on Oct 12, that Cassidy used to watch staff clocking in and out of the office. This behaviour earned Cassidy the nickname of “Big Boss” among employees.
The feline was choosy about its companions though, said Zanna Lee, a current caregiver, who added that she did not interact with Cassidy before its accident.
The cat’s life changed drastically on the morning of April 12, when it was found in a pool of blood outside the KCD compound.
No one saw what happened, but Siew said he received a call from his team about Cassidy’s accident.
“It was really a very frightening experience,” he said.
Trips to the vet and a few operations for Cassidy – including amputating a shattered leg – cost $30,000 in total, with employees at the depot and beyond chipping in.
Cassidy the cat at the vet. PHOTO: ZANNA LEE AND DANIEL SIEW
Cassidy the cat at the vet.
PHOTO: ZANNA LEE AND DANIEL SIEW
Lee, 50, then volunteered to nurse Cassidy back to health, shuttling it between her home and the depot, where it continues to roam on the days when she is back in the office.
“I’m an animal lover myself, and my place is quite cat-proof because I help my sister take care of her cats when she’s not around. So why not give it a try?” the senior manager in plans and resource management said.
Cassidy’s accident has brought Siew and his colleagues closer together, he said.
“After Cassidy’s accident, colleagues from different departments came together because we wanted to help with his care and recovery,” he said.
“In the process, we had more opportunities to interact with colleagues whom we may not usually work closely with, and Cassidy became a common connection among us.”
The SMRT staff who donated towards Cassidy’s care are kept updated on its recovery progress and the “naughty things” that it has been up to through a 160-strong chat group hosted on Microsoft Teams.
Cassidy the cat at Kim Chuan MRT Depot. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
Cassidy the cat at Kim Chuan MRT Depot.
“He brings us together, even staff who have never seen him before,” said Lee.
“We could see his journey of recovery to become Cassidy again.”
SMRT Trains 的 52 岁的工程维护经理 Daniel Siew 和 50 岁的计划和资源管理高级经理 Zanna Lee 与 Cassidy 合影。
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发布于 2026 年 10 月 13 日下午 5:15
更新于2026年10月13日下午5:15
SMRT 的社交媒体曾报道过 Cassidy，这只三条腿的车库猫被昵称为“大老板”，它自 2008 年以来一直住在金泉车库，并在网上引起了广泛关注。
卡西迪于 4 月 12 日受了重伤，需要兽医治疗和手术，费用为 3 万美元，工作人员和其他人帮助支付和照顾他。
他的康复让SMRT的同事们更加亲近，随着Cassidy逐渐恢复健康，员工们现在通过Microsoft Teams聊天群组分享最新情况。
新加坡——浏览SMRT的社交媒体页面，经常可以看到有关其巴士和列车、服务公告，甚至员工专题报道的帖子。
最近，一位不同类型的“员工”——有人称之为“大老板”——出现在了公司的账目上。
来认识一下卡西迪吧，这是一只三条腿的猫，自 2008 年以来就一直待在金泉仓库。它的名字来源于仓库的首字母缩写——KCD，不过它的照料者并不确定是谁给这只猫取了这个名字。
10月12日，SMRT员工在金泉车辆段与猫咪卡西迪合影。（海峡时报摄影：黄淑銮）
10月12日，SMRT员工在金泉车厂与猫咪Cassidy合影。
它从 8 月份开始出现在 SMRT 的 Instagram 页面上，大约在同一时间，社交媒体上出现了一种趋势，即儿童出现在官方帐户的“意外自拍”中。
随后，SMRT 又刊登了两篇关于卡西迪背景故事的图文报道。
卡西迪的帖子获得了超过 8000 个赞和 90 多条评论，一些前员工还回忆了他们在公司工作的时光。
一位网友说：“怀念以前在SMRT上班时和你在一起的日子，怀念每天晚上给你买零食的日子。”
SMRT地铁公司规划及资源管理高级经理李赞娜（Zanna Lee）与卡西迪（Cassidy）合影。（海峡时报摄影：黄淑銮）
SMRT Trains 的高级经理 Zanna Lee（负责计划和资源管理）与 Cassidy 合影。
据照顾这只流浪猫的工作人员之一 Daniel Siew 称，这只流浪猫深受位于大成地铁站附近、服务于地铁和巴士的车站工作人员的喜爱，在它因意外失去一条腿之前，那里有 10 个人轮流照顾和喂养它。
这位52岁的工程维护经理在10月12日的一次采访中表示，卡西迪过去常常监视员工上下班打卡。这种行为让卡西迪在员工中赢得了“大老板”的绰号。
现任照料者赞娜·李表示，这只猫对同伴很挑剔，她还补充说，在卡西迪发生意外之前，她并没有和它接触过。
4月12日清晨，这只猫的命运发生了翻天覆地的变化，它被发现倒在KCD大院外的一滩血泊中。
没有人目睹事故发生的过程，但 Siew 说他接到了队友的电话，得知了 Cassidy 的意外情况。
“那真是一次非常可怕的经历，”他说。
卡西迪去看兽医和接受几次手术（包括截肢）总共花费了 3 万美元，仓库内外的员工都慷慨解囊。
卡西迪，一只在兽医诊所看病的猫。照片：ZANNA LEE 和 DANIEL SIWEW
卡西迪，那只猫，在兽医诊所。
照片：ZANNA LEE 和 DANIEL SIW
50 岁的李随后自愿照顾卡西迪，使它恢复健康，并在她家和仓库之间来回接送它。在她回到办公室的日子里，卡西迪继续在仓库里游荡。
“我自己也很喜欢动物，而且我家对猫很友好，因为我姐姐不在家的时候我会帮她照顾猫。所以为什么不试试呢？”这位计划和资源管理高级经理说道。
谢说，卡西迪的意外让谢和他的同事们更加团结了。
他说：“卡西迪发生意外后，不同部门的同事们团结起来，因为我们都想帮助他进行治疗和康复。”
“在此过程中，我们有了更多与平时可能不会密切合作的同事互动的机会，而卡西迪也成为了我们之间的共同纽带。”
SMRT 的员工通过 Microsoft Teams 上一个 160 人的聊天群，随时了解 Cassidy 的康复进展以及它最近做的“淘气事”。这些员工都曾为 Cassidy 的治疗捐款。
金泉地铁站车厂的猫咪卡西迪。海峡时报摄影：吴淑銮
金泉捷运站的猫咪 Cassidy。
李说：“他能把我们凝聚在一起，甚至包括以前从未见过他的员工。”
“我们可以看到他如何康复，重新变回卡西迪。”