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17,300 graves at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery to be exhumed next June

Written by DeadGirl
Friday, 18 March 2005
17,300 graves at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery to be exhumed next June SINGAPORE : A total of 17,300 graves in Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery are be exhumed in June 2006 under the second phase of the government's exhumation programme. The is in line with its policy to limit the burial period for all graves to 15 years to make way for future burials. The National Environment Agency explains that the Choa Chua Kang cemetery is only 318 hectares in size and will be used up by 2013 at the current burial rate without the 15-year bury-in policy. The first phase of the exhumation programme, involving 18,000 graves, started in December last year and will be completed by February 2006. The affected graves under the second phase are located at Chinese Cemetery Block 2 and they date back to between 1954 and 1971. The NEA is asking the next-of-kin wishing to claim the remains of those buried there to do so early. It says it will publish newspaper notices and the next-of-kin can use these notices to make their claims. Signs will also be displayed at the cemetery to indicate the graves to be exhumed. And during the coming Qin Ming festival, starting March 19, NEA officers will be distributing pamphlets and the necessary forms on site to visiting next-of-kin. Information about the exhumation will also be posted on the NEA website at www.nea.gov.sg. - CNA http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries