Official Opening of the Shah Alam Christian Cemetery

SHAH ALAM: The official opening of the Shah Alam Christian Cemetery by Datuk Bandar Shah Alam Dato’ Mazalan Md. Noor was held in a simple ceremony at the integrated inter-religious cemetery in Section 21 on July 29. The Cemetery which was previously dedicated on October 24 last year is now officially opened to the public and ready for use. The Cemetery contains 1132 burial plots for adults and 100 plots for children.

Organised by Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), the ceremony was attended by officials from MBSA, members of Shah Alam Christian Fellowship (SACF), representatives from the Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM), Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) and National Evangelical Christian Fellowship Malaysia (NECF). The other guests included the founder member of SACF Rev. Fr. Raymond Pereira and former committee members of SACF.

In his address, Datuk Bandar reminded that the Christian Cemetery is an inter-denominational cemetery reserved for the burial of Christians residing in Shah Alam. It is managed and maintained by MBSA while SACF acts as “Friends of the Cemetery” and assists MBSA in maintaining the dignity of the area. SACF too assists in endorsing the burial forms of the deceased Christian members. Later, led by Datuk Bandar, guests had a walk-around the Cemetery. 

Guests were later treated to tea sponsored by Nirvana Memorial Park. 

Pastor David Tham the chairperson of SACF expressed his sincere gratitude to all involved in making the dream of a cemetery a reality for the Christians in Shah Alam – a dream which had been talked about for over eight years.

By Teresa Lai