THE FINAL GOODBYE: All you need to know about dying and funerals in Singapore

Clear path of progression = Happier employees

At Ang Chin Moh Group, we truly believe that our people are our greatest assets. This is especially so in a profession where dealing with grief and loss is part and parcel of the job and we require our employees to be empathetic yet still professional.

Serving the community

Ang Chin Moh Group started with the intention of providing proper funeral services for the Hokkien community in Singapore back in 1912. Our founder, Mr Ang See Karr saw that many who were bereaved didn’t receive proper care and wanted to allow the families to be able to send their bereaved off with dignity, allowing the living to receive proper closure. The company was founded as “Ang Chin Huat Casket”.

People of Ang Chin Moh New Year Resolutions

At Ang Chin Moh Group, we celebrate the uniqueness of all our employees. We asked them about their resolutions for 2018 and true enough, we received a variety of answers! As part of the family, we’d love to help them achieve their respective resolutions. After all, we do want to empower them as much as possible.

清晰的职业生涯规划 = 更快乐的员工

在洪振茂礼仪集团，我们相信我们的员工是我们真正最大的财富。特别是在这个行业，处理悲伤和失亲的心灵安慰是工作不可或缺的一部分，我们要求员工要有同理心，但仍然是专业的。

为社区服务

1912年洪振茂集团的创始人洪诗嘉创办“洪振发寿板店” 。主要的目的是为新加坡的福建社区提供适当的殡仪服务。

他看到许多失去亲人的人没有得到适当的照顾，并希望让丧家能够有尊严地送别逝者，使生者能够与过去好好地告别。

洪振茂团队新年新志向

在洪振茂集团，我们接纳所有员工的独特性。我们向他们询问2018年的新志向，我们收到了各种各样的答案！作为这个家庭的一份子，我们很乐意帮助他们实现各自的志向。毕竟，我们确实想尽可能地赋予他们权力。

Ushering in the new year

It’s the second week of the new year and for most of us, that means going back to work and having to curb our “holiday mood”. With so many significant happenings around the world last year – the news reported a lot of conflicts and tumultuous incidents -, we sincerely hope that there will be greater unity and stability in 2018. For now, we can look back at how different countries celebrated the new year and that wherever we are, the new year is about new hope and positive changes!

How to keep your New Year resolutions

With the start of every new year, most people make their new year resolutions with the hopes of bettering themselves and achieving certain goals. Most resolutions are about health (losing a certain amount of weight), finance (earning more money) or adventure (travel to more countries).

迎接新的一年

这是新年的第二个星期，对我们大多数人来说，这意味着要恢复上班状态，必须抑制“假日心情”。去年，世界各地发生了许多重大事件（新闻报道了许多冲突和动荡的事件），我们衷心希望，2018年能有更大的团结与稳定。

无论我们身在何处，新年都是新希望和积极的变化！

现在，我们回顾一下不同国家如何庆祝新年！

如何达到新年志向

每到新年伊始，大多数人都会制定新年新志向，以期改善自己并实现某些目标。大多数志向是健康（减轻一定的体重）、财务（赚更多的钱）或冒险（前往更多国家/地区旅行）。

Looking back, moving forward

It’s coming to the end of 2017 and while it’s been a year of growth, we are looking ahead to what 2018 will bring! We sit
down with Deborah Andres, our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to hear her reflections on the past year as well as her
direction for the new year.

回望，前进

即将到2017年底，虽然度过了增长的一年，但我们期待2018年将会带来什么！我们与首席执行长Deborah Andres坐下来，聆听她对过去一年的感想以及对新的一年的发展方向。

More than just a workplace

To most people, there is a clear segregation between their work and personal lives. Most see the office as a place where they simply clock in the necessary hours and leave the office once it’s time to knock off. While it’s good to end work punctually and not allow issues from the two areas to influence each other, having a good relationship with your fellow colleagues definitely makes work more bearable, if not enjoyable.

不只是个工作场所

对于大多数人而言，他们的工作与个人生活之间存在明显的区隔。大多数人将办公室看作是他们在规定时间内上班下班的地方。准时结束工作并且不允许两个领域的问题相互影响是很好的。即使有时不是很愉悦，但是与同事保持良好的关系无疑会使工作更加愉快。

Meaningful Christmas Gift Ideas by Ang Chin Moh Group

Christmas is just around the corner! This usually means installation of beautiful lighting at Orchard Road and extravagant Christmas trees in shopping malls! It also means a flurry of frantic shopping of gifts for loved ones, friends or gift exchanges.

Three questions for 2017 reflection

Every time it comes to the end of the year, it is usually a good time for some self-reflection. By looking back at all that has transpired in 2017, we can be grateful for everything that was good, let go of everything that affected us negatively and improve on things that could have been done better.

洪振茂集团推荐有意义的圣诞节礼物

反思2017年的三个问题

每次到年底时，通常都是自我反省的好时机。通过回顾2017年发生的所有事情，我们可以对一切美好的事物表示感谢，放开所有对我们产生不利影响的事物，并改进本可以做得更好的事物。

Building your bucket list

‘The Bucket List’ is a heartwarming movie about two terminally ill strangers (played by Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) who shared the same hospital room and their desire to discover what kind of people they really are. They realized that they had a list of things they wanted to accomplish before they “kick the bucket” and subsequently set out to fulfill their ‘bucket list’ by embarking on an adventure together.

建立您的遗愿清单

《遗愿清单》是一部温馨的电影，讲述了两个身患绝症的陌生人（杰克•尼克尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰演和摩根•弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰演），讲述他们同住在一间病房里，并渴望发现自己到底是什么样的人。他们意识到要列出了自己想完成事情的清单，随后计划在逝世之前，通过一起冒险完成自己的“遗愿清单”。

A day in the life of an Ang Chin Moh Group Trainee

If you had walked past Yi Huey on the street, you would probably assume her to be a bright-eyed, impressionable young teenager fresh out of school. Well, she did just graduate from school. In fact, Yi Huey is part of Ang Chin Moh Group’s latest batch of trainees. We had a chat with her to find out more about her.

洪振茂集团实习生的一天

如果您在街上遇见Yi Huey，您可能会认为她是个刚从学校毕业的，给人留下深刻印象的眼神明亮少女。是的，她确实刚刚从学校毕业。实际上，Yi Huey是洪振茂集团最新一批学员的一份子。我们与她聊天，以了解更多有关她的事情。

Preparation provides peace of mind

Death, is often shocking because it happens without us knowing when or how it occurs. While we cannot control the manner of one’s passing, we can decide how we want to be remembered.

Job vs Vocation

What’s the difference between a job and a vocation?

A job is usually means that you are getting paid for your time. You don’t have to like it, let alone love it, but you do it anyway because you have to. Vocation on the other hand, means doing meaningful work which you authentically enjoy.

提早准备能让您安心

死亡，往往是令人震惊的，因为它是在我们不知道何时或如何发生的情况下来袭的。尽管我们无法控制过世的方式，但我们可以决定如何让人记住我们。

工作与职业

工作和职业有什么区别？

一份工作通常意味着您的时间会获得一定的报酬。您不必喜欢它，更不用说爱它了，但是您无论如何你都要做，因为您必须这样做。一份职业是意味着做您真正喜欢的而有意义的工作。

Count your blessings

As part of our ongoing series on living a fuller life, being grateful and appreciative of the things we have in our lives is one of the best ways to be happy. Too often, we focus on things that we don’t have and lose sight of the things we do have. This leads us on a spiral of dissatisfaction and we end up constantly disillusioned with our current situations in life.

知足常乐，心存感恩

作为我们正在进行的一系列关于过上更充实生活的活动的一部分。很多时候，我们专注于我们没有的东西上，而忽略了我们已经拥有的东西。这使我们陷入不满的漩涡中，最终我们对生活中的当前状况不断失望。学习以感恩之心和欣赏我们生活中所拥有的东西，是快乐的最好方式之一。

A day in the life of... Mr Sanusi

The ‘Death Industry’ is not one that most people are familiar with even though everybody will eventually need it. It may not be as glamorous as banking or as appreciated as teaching but it still plays an essential role in the fabric of society. This may be a result of how people tend to avoid topics that are uncomfortable and this is especially evident in Asian society where bringing up the topic of Death may be considered taboo.

Sanusi 先生...生命中的一天

尽管每个人最终都将需要殡仪服务，但大多数人并不熟悉它。它可能不像金融那样迷人，也不像教育行业那般受赞赏，但它仍然在社会结构中起着至关重要的作用。这可能是由于人们倾向于回避不舒服的话题的结果，提起死亡话题可能被视为禁忌，这在亚洲社会尤其明显。

Changing the perception of Death

Everybody has a fear of death, no matter what race, religion or country they come from. This fear stems from uncertainty and is often associated with unhappiness. But what if we view death as a certainty? What if death isn’t unhappy? What if death simply - is?

改变对死亡的看法

每个人都害怕死亡，无论他们来自哪个种族，宗教或国家。这种恐惧源自于疑惑，通常与不快乐有关。但是，如果我们认为死亡是必然的呢？如果死亡并不是不幸的怎么办？如果仅仅就是死亡，怎么办？

The fear of death

With the recent series of disheartening events happening around the world, we should be appreciative of the fact that we are living in a peaceful corner of the world. Death might not be what we face everyday, but it is a question we should think about in our everyday lives.