"The 80-year-old who cares for the lonely elderly poor, in life and death
Lim Hang Chung founded a welfare society to provide Chinese medical services, and then realised he could do much more by giving those in need a proper send-off for their last rites.
SINGAPORE: He was separated from his wife for 20 years and was childless. And he spent almost a decade in a home for the destitute before he was transferred to a nursing home in 2017.
When Mr Tan died of pneumonia in hospital recently, at the age of 74, it could have been yet another desolate ending in ageing Singapore.
But a man he never knew in life was there to ensure that the former tour bus driver had a friend in death.
As his corpse lay on the cold steel trolley in the mortuary, 80-year-old Lim Hang Chung walked in with a contemplative focus on the deceased, whose body would have otherwise gone unclaimed.
As the number of residents aged 65 or older who live alone rises, Mr Lim and the organisation he chairs, Cheng Hong Welfare Service Society, are doing their best to provide the low-income elderly with free funeral services."
An amazing feat! Only a Man with a Mission will do this. N do it well on a sustain basis!!
What is his motivation?
His vision: To treat every person with dignity in death.
Blessed him n those who help him jn this very personal social service!!
Lim Hang Chung founded a welfare society to provide Chinese medical services, and then realised he could do much more by giving those in need a proper send-off for their last rites.
SINGAPORE: He was separated from his wife for 20 years and was childless. And he spent almost a decade in a home for the destitute before he was transferred to a nursing home in 2017.
When Mr Tan died of pneumonia in hospital recently, at the age of 74, it could have been yet another desolate ending in ageing Singapore.
But a man he never knew in life was there to ensure that the former tour bus driver had a friend in death.
As his corpse lay on the cold steel trolley in the mortuary, 80-year-old Lim Hang Chung walked in with a contemplative focus on the deceased, whose body would have otherwise gone unclaimed.
As the number of residents aged 65 or older who live alone rises, Mr Lim and the organisation he chairs, Cheng Hong Welfare Service Society, are doing their best to provide the low-income elderly with free funeral services."
An amazing feat! Only a Man with a Mission will do this. N do it well on a sustain basis!!
What is his motivation?
His vision: To treat every person with dignity in death.
Blessed him n those who help him jn this very personal social service!!
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