TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1979
THE NTSD RECEIVES KEY TO FIRST CREMATORIUM IN THE NT
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THE KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM. THE FIRST CREMATORIUM IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WAS TODAY (TUESDAY) OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER TO THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR OF THE CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA SECTION OF THE NTSD, MR, LEE SHEUNG-YEE, TODAY RECEIVED THE KEY TO THE NEW CREMATORIUM FROM SENIOR ARCHITECT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR. T.T. SIU.
THE $8.3 MILLION CREMATORIUM, THE FIRST OF THE THREE CREMATOR IA TO BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR CREMATION, WILL COME INTO OPERATION NEXT MONTH. THE OTHER TWO CREMATORIA, WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN RESPECTIVELY, ARE NOW AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PLANNING.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC CREMATORIA IN THE URBAN AREA: ONE AT DIAMOND HILL IN KOWLOON, AND THE OTHER AT CAPE COLLINSON ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
MR. LEE POINTED OUT THE NEW CREMATORIUM, WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 1.7 HECTARES OFF WING LAP ROAD, CONSISTS MAINLY OF THREE FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS NAMELY A CREMATORIUM, A COLUMBARIUM AND STAFF QUARTERS, WITH CAR PARKS, OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, A GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, SERVICE HALLS, MORTUARY AND OTHER RELATED FACILITIES.
+THE WHOLE CREMATOR JUM BUILDING AND THE STAFF QUARTERS HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE NTSD TODAY WHILE THE COLUMBARIUM, WHICH WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE 3,000 NICHES, WILL TAKE A FEW MORE MONTHS TO COMPLETE,+ HE SAID.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM, MR. LEE HOPED THE WAITING PERIOD FOR CREMATION WILL BE SHORTENED.
BOOKING, WHICH IS STRICTLY ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, CAN BE MADE AT THE HUNG HOM PUBLIC FUNERAL PARLOUR IN WINSLOW STREET, HUNG HOM.
CREMATION CHARGES ARE $60 FOR AN ADULT AND $30 FOR A CHILD UNDER 12.
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