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There are many options when it comes to choosing your loved one’s final resting place. The decision might be made by your loved one before death, or family members may decide based on what they are most comfortable with.
If burial is an option, the only active burial ground in Singapore is the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery. Due to the shortage of space in cemeteries, graves there will be exhumed after 15 years. |
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Cremation has been the more common and popular option in the recent years.
Out of 10 people who die in Singapore, eight are cremated. If cremation is carried out in the morning, inurnment (where the ashes are placed in the un) could be done in the afternoon on the same day. If the cremation takes place in the afternoon, inurnment can only be done the next day. TLC would then proceed to bring the cremated remains of the dearly-departed to their final resting place. This could be a columbarium of choice, sea scattering, land ash scattering, and green burials. Crematoriums in Singapore include
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What are my options after cremating my loved one?
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Scattering cremated remains into the sea is appealing to many individuals and families as it is economical and hassle-free. In our quest to support the eco-friendly movement, TLC uses bio-degradable sea scattering urns.
There are 2 locations in Singapore where we could perform sea-scattering in Singapore
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The Garden of Peace is an inland ash-scattering garden at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Complex. It is a secular facility open to all religious faiths that adopts an open-garden concept to provide a dignified and respectful environment of peace for land ash scattering in Singapore. |
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Some family members may wish to keep a part of their loved ones as jewellery that can be cherished and to keep their memory close to one’s heart forever.
With various technology in the modern times, there options available such as
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This sustainable and eco-friendly green burial method allows the departed to return to nature. We will collect the ashes of the departed immediately after cremation and place them into a biodegradable urn. Family members can choose to bring the urn home or have the urn placed into either an indoor or outdoor legacy plant.
The urn would then be returned to the selected family member who can bury or plant the urn in their own garden or pot. The plant options available in Singapore are |
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A columbarium is a place to house cinerary urns. With limited space at home, some individuals may choose to have the ashes stored in a columbarium to keep their loved ones close by even after they die. There are both public and private columbariums in Singapore.
Government-managed columbaria with niches available for sale in Singapore include
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