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An order to remove and dispose of human remains buried in 2000 in public cemeteries was gazetted today (June 22).
The order is made under section 119A of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Chapter 132) which empowers the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene to direct the removal and disposal of any human remains buried in public cemeteries for a period of not less than six years.
The human remains affected are those buried in the Coffin Section of Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery and Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery on Lantau; Section 16C of Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley; T Section of Sandy Ridge Cemetery and Government Urn Section of Sandy Ridge Urn Cemetery in Lo Wu.
People wishing to arrange for private exhumation and disposal of any affected human remains should apply to the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene on or before June 30. Applications should be sent to the department's Cemeteries and Crematoria Office at 6 Cheong Hang Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon. Enquiries can be made on 2364 5399.
Any remains buried in Hong Kong Cemetery not exhumed as required will be deposited in niches in ossuary inside the cemetery. For the remains buried in other affected cemeteries, they will be cremated at a government crematorium and the ashes reburied at Sandy Ridge Urn Cemetery or other urn cemeteries as the director may decide.
Ends/Friday, June 22, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:45
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