As Singapore faces ageing populations and low birth rates like many countries in the region, the family nucleus is smaller as compared to the past.
Thus praying or paying respect on several occasions a year becomes a great hassle for small families. You would be surprised that many deceased before parting left instructions for their cremated remains to be scattered in gardens or at the sea.
Reason being that they do not want to burden their next generations with this hassel. As our general population lives to an older age, there are also many cases where the deceased outlives or does not have any surviving next of kin, so niches become unnecessary. Inland ash scattering thus becomes a popular choice in recent years as compared to sea burial.
This is because it is a form of environmental green burial and you can still pay respect or tribute at the garden where the ashes are being scattered and absorbed into the soil.
* our funeral directors can advise accordingly