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FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1982

DAMAGED URNS IDENTIFIED

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A TOTAL OF 358 URN GRAVES AT WO HOP SHEK PUBLIC CEMETERY, THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING LAST MONTH'S HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED.

THE AFFECTED URNS HAD BEEN BURIED BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY 1967, AND SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1976, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE GRAVES AFFECTED IN THE 1967 URN SITE:

1331-1334,

1383,

1650-1659,

1664-1671,

1673-1676,

1689-1701,

1714-1731,

1733-1737,

1739-1744,

1757-1764,

1766-1770,

1772-1781,

1783-1802,

1804-1820,

1822-1833,

1835-1857,

1859-1860,

1863-1867,

1875,

1877-1888.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE URN GRAVES IN THE 1976 URN SITE:

1686-1720,

1799-1858,

1860-1870,

1899-1967.

RELATIVES OF THOSE INTERRED IN THESE URN GRAVES SHOULD CONTACT THE CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA OFFICE OF THE NTSD, AT NO. 6, CHEONG HANG ROAD, HUNG HOM, KOWLOON (TEL. NO. 3-655321) BEFORE JULY 20, FOR REBURIAL ARRANGEMENTS.

AFTER THAT DATE, ALL UNCLAIMED URNS AND HUMAN REMAINS WILL BE RE BURIED BY THE NTSD AT A DESIGNATED SITE AT THE WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,