Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

Introduction to Cemeteries and Crematoria Services

The Department provides to the public services on cremation and burial of body and skeleton remains. It operates six government crematoria, one each at Cape Collinson on Hong Kong Island, Diamond Hill in Kowloon, Fu Shan, Kwai Chung and Wo Hop Shek in the New Territories, and one at Cheung Chau. The opening hours are as follows:

Name of Cemetery	Opening Hours
All public Cemeteries, except Hong Kong Cemetery	6:30 - 19:30 hrs
Hong Kong Cemetery	From 1/4 to 30/9 (07:00 - 19:00 hrs)
	From 1/10 to 31/3 (07:00 - 18:00 hrs)

Name of Crematorium	Opening Hours	Telephone Nos.
Cape Collinson Crematorium	0900 - 1800 hrs	2556 1377
Diamond Hill Crematorium	0900 - 1800 hrs	2325 9996
Fu Shan Crematorium	0830 - 1800 hrs	2699 5090
Kwai Chung Crematorium	0830 - 1800 hrs	2614 4390
Wo Hop Shek Crematorium	0830 - 1730 hrs	2675 5200
Cheung Chau Crematorium	0900 - 1730 hrs	2981 5177

Introduction of Cemeteries and Crematoria Services Eleven public cemeteries, namely Hong Kong Cemeteries, Garden of Remembrance (Cape Collinson), Mount Caroline Cemetery, New Kowloon Cemetery No. 8 (Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery), Prison Cemetery (Stanley), Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery, Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery and two in Sandy Ridge are managed by the Department.

Coffin burial spaces are available in Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery and Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery. However, for coffin burial in Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery or Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery, the applicant must produce a certificate from the respective rural committee to certify that the deceased was an indigenous villager or a local resident of the island concerned.

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