awake. posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2006
There used to be a television but it was removed a few years ago. In February, I saw a sign put up at the residents' corner by the Residents' Committee. It states that no wakes are allowed to be held at the residents' corner. Now that's strange to me.
If the residents' corner does not serve the needs of residents, such as holding a wake, I do not know what the corner is for.
From the explanation given by the RC's head, it is an official rule that no wakes are allowed at any residents' corner. If that's the rule, fine.
Last Saturday I returned home to find that the RC members were having a karaoke-cum-dinner celebration at the residents' corner. Now I get it. No wakes for residents, but yes to karaoke for RC members.
Why care that the bereaved residents with a deceased family member need to seek an alternative place to hold the wake?
The sad thing was that while the RC's karaoke and merry-making was in progress, there was a wake at the opposite block which was one-third the size of the residents' corner.
The family in mourning did not have adequate space to put tables and chairs for their relatives and friends who came to pay their last respects to the deceased.
The HDB block in question? Block 289E Bukit Batok Street 25
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I live in a HDB block that has a residents' corner. It has a tiled floor with benches and tables.
There used to be a television but it was removed a few years ago. In February, I saw a sign put up at the residents' corner by the Residents' Committee. It states that no wakes are allowed to be held at the residents' corner. Now that's strange to me.
If the residents' corner does not serve the needs of residents, such as holding a wake, I do not know what the corner is for.
From the explanation given by the RC's head, it is an official rule that no wakes are allowed at any residents' corner. If that's the rule, fine.
Last Saturday I returned home to find that the RC members were having a karaoke-cum-dinner celebration at the residents' corner. Now I get it. No wakes for residents, but yes to karaoke for RC members.
Why care that the bereaved residents with a deceased family member need to seek an alternative place to hold the wake?
The sad thing was that while the RC's karaoke and merry-making was in progress, there was a wake at the opposite block which was one-third the size of the residents' corner.
The family in mourning did not have adequate space to put tables and chairs for their relatives and friends who came to pay their last respects to the deceased.
The HDB block in question? Block 289E Bukit Batok Street 25
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http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,394945,00.html
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