SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1982
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CREMATORIA TO BE BUILT IN NEW TOWNS ******
A NUMBER OF CREMATORIA WILL BE BUILT IN VARIOUS NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS TO ENCOURAGE CREMATION AND TO COMBAT ILLEGAL BURIAL.
THE FIRST OF THESE WILL BE BUILT IN SHA TIN WHILE THE OTHERS WILL BE IN TUEN MUN, WO HOP SHEK, SAI KUNG AND CHEUNG CHAU, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHA TIN CREMATORIUM WILL START SOON AND ORDERS FOR FOUR NEW CREMATORS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY PLACED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
TO BE LOCATED AT LOWER SHING MUN ROAD, THE SHA TIN CREMATORIUM IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
THE WO HOP SHEK CREMATORIUM WILL BE BUILT NEXT TO THE EXISTING CREMATORIUM.
THE CREMATORIA AT SAI KUNG AND CHEUNG CHAU WILL BE LOCATED AT KEI PAIK SHAH CEMETERY AND CHEUNG CHAU PUBLIC CEMETERY RESPECTIVELY WHILE TUEN MUN CREMATORIUM WILL BE LOCATED IN THE NEWLY DEVELOPED AREA 46 OF TUEN MUN.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT 65 PER CENT OF THE DEAD IN HONG KONG WILL BE CREMATED IN 1985 ON THE COMPLETION OF MORE CREMATORIA COMPARED WITH 57 PER CENT CREMATED LAST YEAR,
MEANWHILE, THE NTSD IS ALSO PLANNING TO BUILD FUNERAL SERVICES CENTRES IN THE NEW TOWNS.
A FUNERAL SERVICES CENTRE WILL INCLUDE A FUNERAL PARLOUR, FUNERAL DEPOTS, PUBLIC HORTUARY AND FLOWER SHOPS.
OTHER SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS UNDERTAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT WITH SHOWROOMS, WORKSHOPS, OFFICES AND RECEPTION CENTRES WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE CENTRE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FUNERAL SERVICES CENTRE IN NEW TOWNS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND WILL BE TOPOGRAPHICALLY OR PHYSICALLY DEVELOPED ON LAND TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC UTILITIES OR OPEN SPACE.
HOWEVER, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC, THESE FUNERAL SERVICES CENTRES WILL BE LOCATED IN THE URBAN AREAS OF THE NEW TOWNS, CLOSE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTES.
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