MR RONNIE Ho arrives at the Changi Ferry Point bearing a simple white urn.In it are the ashes of his aunt, Madam Fang Lun, who died in 1987 and whose cremated remains had thus far been stored at Mount Vernon Columbarium.

When her only son Ricky Gah died recently and had his ashes scattered off the Changi coast, Mr Ho decided to do the same for her to reunite her with him. More people are scattering ashes of loved ones at sea.

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