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
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.