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Synopsis :

1. Repeat scenes of women talking to and cheering up patients in hospital; patient waving goodbye; nurse listening to conversation; presenting fruits to patients.

2. Old dilapidated shophouses; clothes hanging out on bamboo poles to dry; heavy traffic; lorries, cars, scooters, pedestrians; aerial view of streets; makeshift shops in streets; crowds thronging the narrow alleys to buy things; roadside food sellers; vegetable seller; drink seller on cart; model of Singapore; model of blocks of flats; Hajjah Fatimah Mosque; demolishing of buildings; new flats and carpark; Malay woman in her house folding clothes; woman washing dishes in the kitchen; girl placing record on turntable; living room scene.

3. Man making a paper house; putting up walls and roof; making paper furniture; furnishing the house; decorating the house; placing of car and servants; view of house; figurines in house; offerings of drink, food, roast pig; priests chanting; mourners in traditional mourning garb; prayer procession; burning of the paper house and car; family walking around the ashes.