Should burning of incense papers be banned in HDB
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Although I do not observe the 7th Month, and the burning of joss paper does inconvenience my family with smoke and ash, I believe there is a need for 'common space' in terms of observance of faiths and beliefs, so I voted that we should not ban it. It is for a limited time every year after all.
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Yup… is religious purpose… no offence… and some others religious who needs to pray on certain days / timing…
Just bear with it… for this month… -
HDB shd allocate a space within a certain cluster of blocks for such offering and it shd be outside certain distance from the nearest unit.
For people who donch wanna use the common furnace provided for this purpose, they shd bring their personal furnace to the same spot and conduct their offering. After which they bring it home after they r done. -
The bin that the town council provided for burning incense paper is located too near the flats n windows of residents , hence will still have ash n smoke flying into ppl house. They should build those that is use in temple similar to a fireplace that will trap most of the ash to the base…
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puff:
The bin that the town council provided for burning incense paper is located too near the flats n windows of residents , hence will still have ash n smoke flying into ppl house. They should build those that is use in temple similar to a fireplace that will trap most of the ash to the base...
Yes, a good idea. Wonder how easy to implement though, worth a look. -
i advocate religious tolerance, so do not support a ban. But there are inconsiderate people in every corner of the earth, incl in HDB estates.
i stay on the 3rd flr, with a field directly in front of the block. One guy in my block burns offerings every month or two, and he used to burn them at the void deck just next to the staircase!! You can imagine that the smoke will fill the staircase immediately after, not to mention my windows that are directly above.
(the area just in front of the block has recently been cordoned off for lift upgrading, and the contractor covered a large part of the cordoned-off area with those gunny sack materials after digging the soil there)
Just on Saturday past midnight, he burnt again, this time on a footpath just next to the cordoned-off area. I think he must have put the offerings in the grass patch just in front of the metal barricades when he burnt. 5 min after he started, the flame went under the metal barricades, and spread to the gunny sack coverings inside the cordoned-off area. For about 10 min, a area about 6 m by 10 m was alight… I closed my (frosted) windows when he started burning, and was wondering why was the smell still so obvious, and was shocked when I opened my windows to check… At that moment, I didn’t realise immediately the flame was just due to the gunny sacks, and thought it was going to be an all-out fire… -
Some town councils provide big wired mash cage for Chinese Funeral to burn incense papers & the paper house, car, etc.
I wonder why they don't set these up duing the 7th lunar month :? -
3Boys:
Although I do not observe the 7th Month, and the burning of joss paper does inconvenience my family with smoke and ash, I believe there is a need for 'common space' in terms of observance of faiths and beliefs, so I voted that we should not ban it. It is for a limited time every year after all.
I agree totally.
What makes Singapore unique is our religious & racial tolerance... and while i do not practise the burning of joss paper myself, i respect the space of others and hence am fine with it (btw i'm asthmatic too & I usually shut my windows when i can't take it). As this usually happen only twice a month (and of course more during the 7th month), I am okay with it. It is not as if it is burning throughout the day, 7 days a week 365 days in a year... so i think I can tolerate it... No need for a ban. -
The burning of incense paper seems a little trivial to constitute for a ban especially when it is for a religious beliefs and only for a month.
If the smoke does bother you, you could highlight to your MP (just a suggestion
) and see what they can do better to reduce the smoke or pre-arrange a dedicate space where households aren't affected.
I don't like the smell of burning joss papers and my neighbour does it twice a month and the ashes does get in my house. I just get on and mop my house since I doubt she does it intentionally. Same thing with the 7th Month, people believes strongly in making sure they are conducting the correct rituals that they might let slip of how it is impacting others so for that.
If such bans do get implemented, one after another will get implemented as there will always be something to be griped about. Getais -> noise pollution? etc and we will lose that touch of racial harmony and tolerance. -
puff:
The bin that the town council provided for burning incense paper is located too near the flats n windows of residents , hence will still have ash n smoke flying into ppl house. They should build those that is use in temple similar to a fireplace that will trap most of the ash to the base...
long ago, my ns camp got this 'fireplace' coz it was converted from a few blks of 1-rm flats. and we use to burn outdated documents in it...*LOL*
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