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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1977
CREMATORIUM TO BE BUILT AT DIAMOND HILL
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO LET A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR A CREMATORIUM TO BE BUILT AT DIAMOND HILL TO
PROVIDE MORE MODERN CREMATING FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, HAVE BEEN INVITED BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
MR. S.C. KWAN, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID WORK ON THE CREMATORIUM WOULD BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
+THE NEW CREMATORIUM, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 2,800 SQUARE METRES, WILL CONSIST OF A CREMATORY FOR THE CREMATORS, TWO SERVICE HALLS, A COLUMBARIUM INITIALLY FOR 3,000 NICHES AND A SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE,+ HE SAID.
+TO GIVE IT A MORE TRADITIONAL APPEAL, THE ROOF WILL BE OF THE CHINESE TYPE.+
MR. KWAN SAID THAT WHEN COMPLETED THE CREMATORIUM WOULD BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING 20 CREMATIONS A DAY COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT CAPACITY OF FOUR.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE TSUEN WAN CREMATORIUM IS WELL UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1978.
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