The new Cheung Chau Columbarium Phase IV (Second Phase) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) is scheduled to commission in January 2024, and provides 580 standard extendable niches for allocation. Application for the new extendable niches at Cheung Chau Columbarium Phase IV (Second Phase) will be accepted from 5 January 2024.

FEHD accepts application for the new extendable niches at Cheung Chau Columbarium Phase IV (Second Phase) on a first-come-first-served basis. The new niches will be allotted to indigenous villagers of the Islands District, or bona fide residents of Cheung Chau for a "continuous residing period" of not less than ten years or their minor children. "Continuous residing period" means the period that the deceased continuously resided on Cheung Chau right before his/her death.

The new niches at Cheung Chau Columbarium Phase IV are standard extendable niches which can accommodate at least 2 sets of cremated ashes, the initial interment period is 20 years and can be extended at 10-year intervals thereafter upon payment of the prevailing prescribed fee. There is no limit on the numbers of renewal of interment period. The application details are as follows:

Application Form (FEHB 136)

The application form and the notes on application can be obtained through the following methods:

  1. download from the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk);
  2. by fax (2591 1879 / 2176 4963); or
  3. in person either at the FEHD Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office or the Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office.

Submission of Application

Completed application form together with the necessary documents should be submitted through any of the following methods:

  1. in person during office hours at the FEHD Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office or Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office;

  2. by fax to 2591 1879 or 2176 4963; or

  3. by post to the FEHD Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office or Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office.

Please note that application form (FEHB 136) should be duly completed. For a standard niche, at least one set of cremated ashes of a deceased person should be deposited. Otherwise, the application will not be processed. Change of the deceased's particulars is not allowed once the application has been acknowledged by FEHD.

Documents required for the application for a niche:

  1. the original and a copy of the applicant's Hong Kong Identity Card;

  2. the original and a copy of each deceased person's Hong Kong Identity Card or other documentary proof of the deceased's Hong Kong resident identity;

  3. the original and a copy of the "Permit to Take Away Cremated Ashes" or "Certificate of Cremation" or "Permit to Remove / Exhume Remains" of each deceased person; if the deceased was cremated overseas, the applicant must submit the original certificate of cremation issued by overseas for verification;

  4. for application for depositing the ashes of more than one deceased persons in the same niche, the original and copies of the documentary proof (such as marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc.) showing the close relative relationship between the first deposited deceased and the other deceased person(s) (Close relative means the spouse, parent, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law or a direct descendant of either the male or female line.)  In the absence of documentary proof for close relatives or close relationship, the applicant may take an oath at the FEHD Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office or Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office;

  5. the original copy and a copy of the certificate issued by the Cheung Chau Rural Committee certifying that the first deceased person was an indigenous villager of the Islands District, or a bona fide resident of Cheung Chau for a continuous residing period of not less than 10 years or their minor child; and

  6. the original copy of the statutory declaration made by the legal representative or next of kin of the first decreased person to declare that the first deceased person was an indigenous villager of the Islands District, or a bona fide resident of Cheung Chau for a continuous residing period of not less than 10 years or their minor child.

Applicant can submit in person the completed application form, together with the originals and copies of the above documents, during office hours at the FEHD Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office or the Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office. For application made by fax or post, FEHD will arrange with the applicant at the Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office or the Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office for completing statutory declaration for items 5 and 6 mentioned above, and for submission of the original copy of supporting document(s) for verification.

Processing of Applications

  1. After checking the application forms and supporting documents, FEHD will determine qualified applicants' selection priorities on a first-come-first-served basis. The eligible applicants will be invited to go to the FEHD Cheung Chau Environmental Hygiene Office of Islands District according to their priority numbers at designated dates and times for niche selection and payment. If appointment letters are not received 14 calendar days after submitting the applications, applicants may call the hotline 2150 7502 for enquiries.
  2. Applicants must produce the originals of the above mentioned documents upon selection of niches. Otherwise the applications will be treated as void.

Other Points to Note

  1. The application procedure is simple. An applicant is only required to complete an application form and submit it together with the above documents. It is not necessary to commission other persons / organisations to make an application.
  2. No fee is charged for making an application.

  3. The fees for a standard niche are $2,400 (Initial 20-year Interment Period) and $1,200 (10-year Interment Period (extension)) respectively, and the fee for placing a memorial plaque is $90.  The administration fee for placing an additional set of ashes is $140.

  4. If an application for a used niche has also been made for the deceased in addition to an application for a new niche, upon successful allocation of a new niche, FEHD will remove the name of the deceased from the waiting list of used niches. Furthermore, if the deceased is the first deceased whose ashes are deposited in another public niche, the applicant should subsequently return that niche to FEHD.

  5. FEHD has not commissioned any organisations or persons to receive or process applications, or assist in the submission of applications. No one will be accorded any convenience or privilege.
  6. Duplicate applications for the same deceased will not be processed.
  7. FEHD will accept applications and allocate the new niches on a first-come-first-served basis until all the niches are allocated.

Information of the FEHD Offices

Cemeteries and Crematoria offices

Hong Kong Cemeteries and Crematoria Office
Address: 1J, Wong Nai Chung Road , Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Tel. No.: 2570 4318
Fax No.: 2591 1879

Kowloon Cemeteries and Crematoria Office
Address: Upper Ground Floor, 6 Cheong Hang Road , Hung Hom, Kowloon
Tel. No.: 2365 5321
Fax No.: 2176 4963

Office Hours:

Mondays to Fridays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Sundays and Public Holidays Closed

Enquiries

Enquiry hotline: 2150 7502