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Last rides and last rites: The rise of the limousine hearse

Luxury hearses have arrived as funeral traditions change and taboos surrounding death lessen

Derryn Wong
Published Fri, May 3, 2024 · 03:00 PM
    • Over the past decade, the number of limousine hearses based on luxury cars has increased and it’s no longer an unusual sight.
    • Over the past decade, the number of limousine hearses based on luxury cars has increased and it’s no longer an unusual sight. PHOTO: ANG CHIN MOH FUNERAL DIRECTORS

    IT IS now commonplace for the dead in Singapore to take their final trip in a vehicle that costs half a million dollars or more.

    These are highly-customised limousine hearses made based on luxury cars from brands including Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Maserati.

    “When we first introduced our limousine hearse, clients would say ‘No need for luxury.’ Now they will say ‘Har, you give me (a) van hearse?’ if I offer them one,” says Ang Ziqian, managing director of Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors (ACM).

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