This is a very common sight around Singapore today... It's the start of Ghost month, when the ghosts of deceased are supposedly released from heaven and hell to wander around the earth for a month. And so shops and eateries set up tables with food offered to these ghosts, and gold coloured joss paper and hell money is also burned so that the ghosts can use them.
Households also do their fair share of burning of incense and joss paper, to please the wandering ghosts so that they don't bring misfortune into the house. This picture above is the ground floor of our block of flats... I guess people improvise rituals to suit modern day living by doing the burning at the edge of the tiled floor area of the block.
To read more about the Ghost month, consult the fountain of knowledge - Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival
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