Introduction to Cemeteries and Crematoria Services

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

Addresses of Cemeteries and Crematoria (Application for Permit) Offices

Telephone Nos.

Office Hours

Time of Collecting Payment and Collecting Ashes

1J, Wong Nai Chung Road , Happy Valley, Hong Kong (Near Hong Kong Cemetery )

2570 4318 2572 5286

Mondays to Fridays:

0900 - 1300 hrs

1400 - 1700 hrs

Saturdays:

0900 - 1200 hrs

Sundays and Public Holidays:

Mondays to Fridays:

0900 - 1200 hrs

1400 - 1600 hrs

Saturdays:

0900 - 1130 hrs

Sundays and Public Holidays:

Upper Ground Floor, 6 Cheong Hang Road , Hung Hum, Kowloon

2365 5321 2364 5364

Addresses of Cremation Booking Offices

Telephone Nos.

Office Hours

Time of Collecting Payment

18/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong .

2961 8842

Mondays to Fridays:

0900 - 1230 hrs

1400 - 1630 hrs

Saturdays:

0900 - 1230 hrs

Sundays and Public Holidays:

Mondays to Fridays:

0915 - 1230 hrs

1400 - 1630 hr

Saturdays:

0915 - 1230 hrs

Sundays and Public Holidays:

1/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon

2510 7502

Introduction to 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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