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An order to remove and dispose of human remains buried in 2003 in six public cemeteries was gazetted today (June 4).
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 six cemeteries are the coffin sections of Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery and Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery on Lantau; the "T" Section of Sandy Ridge Cemetery and the Government Urn Section of Sandy Ridge Urn Cemetery in Lo Wu.
People wishing to arrange for private exhumation and disposal of the human remains subject to removal should apply to the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene on or before July 15.
Applications should be sent to the department's Cemeteries and Crematoria Office at upper ground floor, 6 Cheong Hang Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon. Enquiries can be made on 2364 5399.
Any remains buried in the six cemeteries not exhumed as required 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 4, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:24
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