Chinese funeral road procession.

• photo_seeker

  20 Nov 05, 23:57

  Basically, any funeral procession is allowed approximatly maximum of 50m onto the main road. Unless you have applied for approval from the Traffic Police and decide to do a procession for say 500m or so, then they will station 2 traffic police officer to clear off the 500m during the procession. However, that will depends on whether the road is a heavy traffic road and if it can afford to have a lane closed. I've done Honourary Funeral for a officer and we did the standard distance of 500m off Singapore Casket from it's "Loading Bay".
• why not??

  21 Nov 05, 03:02

  this is my funeral~
• ha8n

  21 Nov 05, 11:23

  he nvr attd f .p ro. b4 issit
• sinicker

  21 Nov 05, 11:25

  that time i was at the bus stop... den the procession went pass the bus stop.. den the ppl at the bus stop put their palms together and prayed to the funeral van..
  
  i, being the only malay guy there, didnt know what to do.. so, i just sat at the bus stop quietly.. correct or not?
• vIn.Warrior

  21 Nov 05, 11:37

  GUIDELINES ON APPLICATION FOR A POLICE PERMIT TO HOLD A FUNERAL OR WEDDING PROCESSION
  
  With effect from 1 Oct 04, a wedding or funeral procession would not require a police permit if:
  
  (a) The procession is held in an area other than that specified in any order made under section 5 (2) of the Act; and
  (b) the following conditions are compliled with:
  (i) the promoter of the procession shall be present at the assembly area and shall accompany the procession at all times until the procession stops or the participants disperse, whichever is the later;
  (ii) the procession shall be held between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10.30 p.m. and shall not exceed 30 minutes;
  (iii) no public address system shall be used during the procession;
  (iv) the number of participants in the procession shall not exceed 150 persons;
  (v) no banners, posters or placards shall be displayed along the route of the procession;
  (vi) participants in the procession shall not solicit sponsorship or monetary contributions along the route of the procession;
  (vii) the route of the procession shall not exceed a distance of 100 metres;
  (viii) the procession shall not cause or result in obstruction or inconvenience on any public road, bridge, landing place or in any public place or place of public resort;
  (ix) in the case of a procession on a public road -
  (A) the procession shall not occupy more than one lane of the road; and
  (B) a reasonable number of persons shall be deployed to manage traffic and ensure the safety of particpants in the procession; and
  (x) in the case of a procession held during connection with a funeral, there shall not be any silt-walking, during the procession.
  (2)
  Where a breach of the peace is likely to occur if the procession referred to in paragraph (1) is allowed to prceed or continue, any police officer may -
  (a) order the promoter of the procession not to allow the procession to proceed; or
  (b) order the dispersal of a procession that has already commenced.
  (3)
  Where a police officer has made an order under paragraph (2)(a) or (b) in relation to a procession, the promoter of the procession shall take immediate action -
  (a) to prevent the procession from proceeding or continuing, as the case may be; and
  (b) to disperse the participants gathered for the procession.
  (4)
  
  Any promoter who contravenes paragraph (1)(b)(i) or (3), or who fails to ensure that the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) to (x) are complied with, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.
  However, if the wedding or funeral procession does not meet the above criteria, a police permit would still have to be applied for (see paras 2 and 3 below).
  
  
• Croaking_Toad

  21 Nov 05, 11:54

  Originally posted by eric shang:
  [b]why do like that? sick?[/b]

  Then how u wanna do it? Tell us laaaaaaaaaa.
• Croaking_Toad

  21 Nov 05, 12:01

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  that time i was at the bus stop... den the procession went pass the bus stop.. den the ppl at the bus stop put their palms together and prayed to the funeral van..
  
  i, being the only malay guy there, didnt know what to do.. so, i just sat at the bus stop quietly.. correct or not?

  Yeah, that's rite. But quite surprising that the people paid their respects. When we were young, we were told not to look at the funeral. Must be something superstitous.