The youth Singapore passion profession care of the dead
2009, Elson this
pinwheel design as a young rare company being funeral in Singapore, but 8 years
later, the number of people under 30 years old working in the business of your
significant rise.
Company organization burial Elson established when he was 24
years old and current, 32-year-old boy is still sticking to the job that these
people in the field called "industry take care of the dead".
Companies like of Elson provide services funeral, cremated,
buried and memorial, sell products from the coffin, the Tombstone in the rocks
until new offerings. People who work in the industry is mainly the elderly,
inherit business of family or no choice occupation.
However, the situation days a change, when their point of
social about death more gentle and the job market becomes severe. Mortuary
industry Singapore as "new blood new" when there are of young
entrepreneurs like Elson.
The number of people under 30 years old looking for work in
the funeral home has skyrocketed, people in the field. They recruited in many
position as operating funeral, embalming or pick up the coffin, salaries with
equivalent at other companies for the staff new licensed.
Elson received 1-2 job from anyone under the age of 30 per
month.
The two companies service funeral other age life of tens of
thousands of years also said in the last couple of years, they get two job from
the candidates kids every month. Five years ago, there are almost no candidate
how in the age of.
According to Jenny hand, 31-year-old, director and secretary
assistant of the two companies funeral, world young people are less and less
superstitious and curious more taking care of the deceased. She inherited the
company his father founded in 2014 and has implemented a program to train and
keep the staff kids potential.
"Look after for the dead is a critical services. It is
good if they can see it in aspects professional," she said.
Preserve brand of family
Like most entrepreneurs other kids, Alex Atrophied,
29-year-old, established a Facebook page to business but instead of broadcast
products technology, you sell and distributed gold code, flavor and other kinds
of new offerings other Chinese.
Atrophied boss is life third of the Kah Hiang Trading, a
store by my grandfather open more than 50 years ago. You have a degree in
management business of the University of Manchester, you, once auditor health
and not think will step into the family till 3 years ago, when I get your own
weak.
"There many brands had to closed because no one heir. I
do not want to brand of my grandfather disappearing like that," Atrophied
said.
The support of my brother and my mom, since assume the job
operating store last year, Atrophied embraced the system as new management
goods through the computer.
Sometimes I was customer doubt for a young boy and sometimes
feel lonely because most of my customers and employees are larger tens of age.
Force that can atrophy continued to my that is happiness to see my parents rest
and enjoy life.
Give up the dream do pilot
When Lyndon Leong, 25-year-old, decided to push ourselves
into industry funeral, your parents disagree and paste announced recruited
soldiers from the army on bedroom door of my son.
Graduated industry engineer, Leong dismiss dream was
originally to be a pilot after consider to be regularly away from her family.
Admit that operating funeral is not a passion profession
popular with a young age 22 but Leong still decided to follow your options and
joined a company funeral.
In a year and a half i had organized a lot of funeral,
processing jobs logistics like putting them and prepare the coffin. At a angle
of certain, your work similar an event planner.
"It is not only held a funeral that is creating a safe
environment for my family to share their sorrow and spend some time with their
loved ones," he said.
Parents and people you ever doubt about choice of Leong
gradually will support you.
"I make them see clearly your opinion. You need to have
people look after when you die. The ob gave you walk into this world, why not
have experts give you leave?", you say.
22-year-old and 500 bodies
Nicole this pinwheel design, 22-year-old, is employee
embalming youngest Singapore. You work at the company your son. Elson
Though it was in the process training and have not been
licensed official, you have handled more than 500 bodies under the supervision
of a professional experience in the last three years.
Very difficult circumstances most which she had to face is
when a colleague drivers funeral Lim Swee Huat, death of a heart attack at the
age 62 in 2015. In the afternoon before she died, he still drive you go to
lunch and that night, he was on the mummy case.
That was the process to preserve bodies by chemicals in the
purposes different. For the funeral, the deceased needs to be how to look like
alive.
Sister-in-law Sarah Ang, 32-year-old, who was with expertise
from the Institute technology Wellington, New Zealand, who has instructions for
you skills like blood drawn from bodies and makes you become my favorite this
job.
Parents of Nicole also owns a funeral home alone. She hopes
the opportunity to New Zealand to get by about embalming.
However, properties profession, Nicole not many friends.
People superstitious do not like talking about your job. "But I will try
to share our own passion with them," she said.