Pre-planning for funeral affairs or memorial service

Pre-planning for funeral affairs or memorial service 丧礼/追悼会规划

Have you heard of pre-planning for funeral affairs before? It is actually one of the taboo topics of Chinese, or what we know as ‘pantang’ in Malaysia.

Pre-planning for your own or elders’ funeral, this may sound strange and ominous, but it is actually getting more common nowadays, and it has several key advantages.

What is the importance of pre-planning?

Pre-planning (sometimes also called "advanced planning" "pre-arrangement planning" or "pre-need planning") means advance planning of your final send-off before the need occurs just as purchasing an insurance is an important advance planning, pre-planning is crucial towards completing total financial planning. 

So what does it bring for the family?

Advantages to pre-plan are hassle free, peace of mind, save cost.

First of all, we will be prepared when worst time come. No one knows when is their time coming, as everyone might pass away in a sudden, leaving our family in grief and catching them off guard. They have to plan everything in a short period of time. That’s why planning beforehand, will be more convenient for them and yourself.

Secondly, you can express your final wishes to be followed by your family. You get to choose your own type of ceremony. Whether it is burial or cremation, Buddhist or Christian. The family gets to discuss about it, as the family members might have different religion, leading to difference in opinion. In other words, it will allow individuals to decide their preferred services, rites and rituals.

Last but not least, pre-planning enables us to make financial arrangements to cover the funeral cost, be it funeral insurance or instalments, they all helps to lessen the burden of our family. Furthermore, preparing things early means we can hedge against inflation. We can select a place with nice feng-shui, a decent ceremony with a professional team to conduct it with less amount to pay. It will relieve loved one from financial burden, stress and confusion.

The topic of death is a delicate one and it is understandable many are uncomfortable to discuss it. However, one should contemplate on this question which comes first, tomorrow or death? We can never know for sure, but death does not discriminate, it doesn't wait, and it is inevitable. This is exactly why pre-planning is important for both yourself and your family.  

By the end of this article, you should know the advantages of pre-planning funeral affairs, start planning now! Call our professional team at +6012-688 5592 to discuss your needs. 

您有听说过规划身后事吗？虽然现今社会风气越来越开明，但这仍然是马来西亚华人的禁忌话题之一。

为您自己或长辈策划丧礼，这听起来有点不可思议或不吉利，但它已经越来越常见，并有着几个无法无视的关键优势。

那么究竟它能为您的家庭带来怎样的好处呢？

首先，当最糟糕的一刻降临时，我们已经有所准备。我们无法预知自己的最后一刻，每个人都有可能骤然离开，使家人必须在极短的时间内决定所有身后事，所以说提早规划丧礼/追悼会，对家人及自己都有很大的方便。

接着，你可以表达自己的意愿，您可以决定自己的仪式，不管是葬礼还是火化，佛教还是基督教仪式。由于家庭成员可能有不一样的宗教信仰，因此意见可能出现分歧，提早规划可以避免冲突，并尊重已逝的长辈的意愿。

最后，提前规划丧礼让我们可以尽早规划自己的经济计划，我们可以提前了解丧礼保险、分歧付款等等，以找出能帮忙减轻家庭负担的方式。提前规划代表着我们可以付较低的价格但选择风水好的墓地，得体的仪式，并聘雇专业团队以办理丧礼。

看到这里，您应该已经理解丧礼规划的好处，还等什么呢？拨电 012-6885592 联络我们的专业团队，马上开始规划！