World News - Coffins are not just in short supply in Hong Kong, they are going missing. As death rates rose in the territory’s deadliest Covid-19 wave, some have found it difficult to give their loved ones a proper funeral. The South China Morning Post reported the case of a. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The family of a 91-year-old man who died of heart failure were shocked to learn hours before his funeral in Hong Kong last Sunday (March 27) that his coffin could not be found. With the body still at a private hospital’s mortuary, the funeral agent could not explain what happened to the HK$3,000 (S$519.7) casket the family had chosen. “We.