FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1980
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10 000 NT GRAVES DUE FOR EXHUMATION
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ALL HUMAN REMAINS BURIED IN GRAVES IN NEW TERRITORIES PUBLIC CEMETERIES IN 1973 ARE DUE FOR EXHUMATION.
A REMOVAL ORDER, CITED AS THE CHEUNG CHAU CEMETERY, SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY AND WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY (REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HUMAN REMAINS) ORDER 1980, IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
AN NTSD SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY TO HAVE GRAVES EXHUMED AFTER SIX YEARS' BURIAL SO AS TO RECOVER SPACES FOR FURTHER BURIALS.
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+A TOTAL OF 10 065 GRAVES - 8 644 IN WO HOP SHEK, 1 038 IN SANDY RIDGE AND 383 IN CHEUNG CHAU ARE DUE FOR EXHUMATION, HE SAID.
THE EXHUMED REMAINS CAN EITHER BE REBURIED IN GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE URN CEMETERIES, OR BE CREMATED.
IF SUCH REMAINS ARE NOT REMOVED, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES WILL HAVE THE RIGHT, UNDER THE REMOVAL ORDER, TO REBURY THEM IN GOVERNMENT URN CEMETERIES OR HAVE THEM CREMATED AT A GOVERNMENT CREMATORIUM AND THE ASHES REBURIED AT SANDY RIDGE OR OTHER URN CEMETERIES.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ISSUED THE REMINDER THAT ANYONE REQUIRING EXHUMATION OF BURIED REMAINS MUST APPLY IN ADVANCE FOR AN EXHUMATION PERMIT.
PERMITS, AT $25 EACH, ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM OFFICE AT 6 CHEONG HANG ROAD, HUNG HOM.
HE ADVISED THAT KWAI CHUNG COLUMBARIUM, WHICH IS NEAR COMPLETION, WILL HAVE SPACE FOR 3 508 NICHES.
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