Burials in Singapore: Costs, Location, Details

Burials are preferred by some Singaporeans, for cultural and religious significance. The only cemetery where burials can occur in Singapore is Chua Chu Kang Cemetery.

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Chua Chu Kang Cemetery

Contact Details:

-  Address:

-  Phone Number: +65 6793 7428

-  Opening Hours: Daily from 8.30am to 4.30pm, excluding 1.00pm to 2.00pm (lunch).  

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Cost and Booking:

Costs only include the burial lease – tombstones and services to bury the casket into the burial plot has to be arranged by the next-of-kin.

Contact your funeral director for more information on tombstones and burial service costs. Tombstone costs are estimated to range from $4,000 to $12,000, with lawn cemetery monuments from $1,500 to $2,000.

Bookings can be made on the phone, or in person, and payment can be made via Cash Card, Credit Card, or NETS (cash is not accepted).

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Parting Goodbyes is working on compiling average prices for tombstones and burial costs.

 

Documents Required for Booking:

-  Written confirmation of death documents

-  Manual Confirmation of Death

-  Public Hospital Printout

-  Permit to Bury (which can be obtained here)

-  Identification Papers of next-of-kin, or Letter of Authoisation if applicant is not next-of-kin

 

Notable Conditions:

Burial plots are only leased for a period of 15 years, thereafter the remains will be exhumed, and if permitted cremated, or if not permitted, reburied in a smaller plot of land.

Only Singaporeans and PRs can be buried, with the following exception: if the deceased is not a Singaporean or PR, their immediate next-of-kin, which only includes parents, children or spouse, has to be either a Singaporean or PR for the deceased to be buried. It would also cost more, as the table above reflects.

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Burial plots will be allotted in sequential order.

 

Refer to the full terms and conditions here.

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