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MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1981

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MORE SITES FOR WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY

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THE WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY IS TO GET MORE URN SITES UNDER AN $8-MILLION EXTENSION PLAN TO COPE WITH DEMAND.

WORK ON A 20 000 SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE WEST OF THE PUBLIC CEMETERY IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE HIGHWAYS DIVISION (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND WILL TAKE 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE AND WILL PROVIDE 17 700 SITES FOR URN BURIAL, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE PROJECT FORMED PART OF THE EXTENSION OF THE CEMETERY,

SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

ALL HUMAN REMAINS INTERRED IN A PUBLIC CEMETERY FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS SHOULD BE EXHUMED AFTER EXPIRY OF AN EXHUMATION ORDER WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE CHING MING FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR.

THE EXHUMED REMAINS CAN BE CREMATED OR REBURIED IN AN URN GRAVE IN WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY PERMANENTLY.

ALTHOUGH COFFIN BURIAL IS NOT PERMANENT, ANOTHER $7-MILLION EXTENSION AT THE CEMETERY AIMED AT PROVIDING 6 700 COFFIN BURI AL PLACES IS ALSO UNDERWAY AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE NEW SITES WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT SUMMER.

MEANWHILE, AN EXPLANATORY LEAFLET IN CHINESE ON HOW TO APPLY FOR A GRAVE SPACE AT THE WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY THE ONLY PUBLIC CEMETERY THAT ACCOMMODATES COFFIN BURIAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

IT EXPLAINS THE PROCEDURE FOR DEATH REGISTRATION, COFFIN AND URN BURIAL AT THE CEMETERY, CREMATION AT KWAI CHUNG CREMATOR I UM AND DEPOSIT OF ASHES IN A NICHE IN KWAI CHUNG COLUMBARIUM THAT THE FAMILY OF A DECEASED PERSON TO FOLLOW.

COPIES OF THE LEAFLET ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT VARIOUS CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN URBAN AREA, DISTRICT OFFICES AND URBAN SERVICES OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES.

WATER FIGURES ***

WATER STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 45.2 PER CENT OR 261.296 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THE STORAGE IS EQUIVALENT TO 213 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 311,210 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 53.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY,

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