Tag Archives: Incense Burning

The past month was also the Lunar calendar’s 7th month. This means that incense burning practices were ongoing. Although incense burning bins are provided for such purposes, some Singaporeans continue to burn outside of the bins, causing a mess that had to be cleaned up by our unsung heroes. There …

Just yesterday, Yani Rzk took to Facebook to share about her inconsiderate neighbour who decided to burn incense at their doorstep. In the photographs, it can be seen that he was burning incense on a cardboard. When it toppled, it caused a huge mess. Moreover, this is not the first …

Earlier today, Syaiful Nazmy took to Facebook to express his frustrations with an incense bin that was apparently shifted to the front of his unit. He says that they are being selfish if the bin was being shifted because they didn’t want the bin in front of their own unit. …

I am a fellow Singaporean. I love and respect the diversity of different races and religions which makes up the core of our country's unique identity.

I opened my door today to this huge flame outside my home and my neighbour, the lady captured in the picture attached burning her incense paper along the common corridor so brazenly. Even as I was taking the photos here she was indifferent, but all I could wonder was how could she do it without flinching when I was struggling to keep my eyes opened as I took these photos? As I write this post in my bedroom which is in the corner most part of my home, my eyes still burn from the incense. I've reported this issue of incense burning multiple times to the town council. I had called them but to no avail.

One of our ASS readers Aida shared a disturbing Facebook post by a man named Raden Tri Riffaee calling for the authorities to ban the radical "incense burning" religion as it was considered terrorism to humans, nature and animals. In addition, the man suggested that HDB should change their housing policy and give Malays priority for the higher HDB floors and let the "paper burning ethnic(ity)" stay at level 2 or ground floor.

I alerted SPF when I noticed they had started piling/gathering the joss papers on the ground. A while later SPF returned my call and asked if I'd call once before earlier. They asked if the burning was for prayers and if it was a family. I said it was for prayers and theres a group of people. By this time, the match was lit. I shared my concerns on the impending 'hazardous bonfire in the middle of the road' and that they should come and take a look if they doubt me. Hung up, continued recording for next 20 mins, no SCDF, no SPF came.

There is no sense of customer-orientedness in the companies in your chain. I was at Toastbox at Rail Mall this afternoon and found that the store was very smoky. At first I was alarmed because I thought it was a fire but later my colleague told me it was because a staff member had been burning incense for the Hungry Ghost Festival inside the hidden kitchen area or immediately outside it (he had been told by the PRC kitchen assistant).