Be careful when selecting executors to your will too. In Singapore they, the solicitors, were reluctant to take it on but would point you in the direction of professional 'executors' who charged a percentage of the value of the estate rather than a fixed fee, negotiated at the time of making the will. Professional executors are less likely to take notice of your personal bequests too, they will simply sell everything off and take their percentage, stuff the actual value. (Seen in happen).