Ceremonies

Now for a few rousing words that may change your life for the better

17 Jun 2012

It is graduation time, both at universities and schools. This marks a moment of change that even students advancing from primary to secondary school can identify with. And the hallmark of...

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Graduation brings joy and worries

5 Jun 2012

A smiling girl in a cap and gown was surrounded by 10 family members and friends. The group was taking graduation photos in front of the library at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou.

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Undertaker wannabes, stand up!

15 Jun 2011

If you're dying to make a lasting impression in an industry that booms whether times are good or bad, you might consider the funeral business. Industry insiders have set up 7749 Company, the city'...

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Three coffins wrongly labelled, official admits

2 Sep 2010

Grieving families of victims from the Manila tragedy received a fresh blow when it was found three of the coffins containing the bodies were wrongly labelled.

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Site makes offerings dead easy for living

10 Jun 2010

The virtual world, having taken over the realm of the living, is now moving into the realm of the dead.

Instead of trekking twice a year to tend the graves of dead relatives, Hong...

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Cab Chat

12 Jan 2009

Father-of-two Choi Tsap-keung is amazed that a hospital could lose the body of a newborn baby

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Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

5 comments

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Very special emotions

Jean-Claude Biver, Hublot chief executive

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Grave reservations

The Ching Ming festival, when people visit the graves of their relatives, was celebrated earlier this month and, for the first time in more than 50 years, it was accorded the status of a public...

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Dutiful son provides funeral entertainment fit for a father who loved strip joints

A loyal son in Taiwan went to great lengths to satisfy his late father's lifelong habit - frequenting strip clubs. The man, surnamed Choy, 62, hired a stripper to perform at his father's funeral...

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Call for funded group to help arrange funerals for poor singles

A government-funded welfare group should be set up to help arrange funerals and cremations for poor, single people, the Society for Community Organisation has urged.

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Sound Bites

You are going to stage a drama based on your grandmother's funeral. What made you choose this theme?

Playwright/actress Wong Wing-sze:

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Flower power

Chinese International School pupils create a rose mandala to celebrate International Day of Peace yesterday. The mandala, a circular symbol of the universe in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, was the...

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