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Japanese invasion, steps could not be taken until after the war.

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In July 1949 the first of such cemeteries, the Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery near Lo Wu was approved, and burials commenced on 9th April 1950. In the financial year of 1950-51, the number of reburials (including temporary storage awaiting cremation) at Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery was as high as 65,558.

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This was followed by the commissioning of the most important post-war cemetery, the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, which was authorized on 27th February 1950. Burials in this cemetery commenced on 1 December in the same year. The cemetery was served by a branch of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and coffins could be transported to the cemetery by railway hearse. In the financial year of 1951-52, 16,054 coffins were transported to the cemetery by the railway hearse.

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Appendix 1

Name of Cemetery

Name of Cemetery Location Year Remarks Protestant Burial Ground Wan Chai 1841 Closed 1845, last graves removed 1889 Catholic Burial Ground Wan Chai 1842 *Colonial/Hong Kong Cemetery Happy Valley 1845 *Stanley Cemetery Stanley Earliest graves: 1843. Closed c. 1870, re-opened during the war. Renamed Stanley Military Cemetery after WWII. West Point Burial Ground St. Michael Catholic Cemetery Happy Valley 1848 *Parsee/Zoroastrian Cemetery Happy Valley 1852 *Jewish Cemetery Mid-Levels 1857 Appeared in a 1863 map. Details not known. Muslim/Mohammedan Cemetery Happy Valley Appeared by 1850s. Details not known. *Muslim/Mohammedan Cemetery Po Yan Street (Cemetery Street) 1870 Chinese Burial Ground Yau Ma Tei 1871 Chinese Cemetery Mount Davis 1882 Chinese Christian Cemetery Chai Wan 1882

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260 Japanese invasion, steps could not be taken until after the war. 177 178 In July 1949 the first of such cemeteries, the Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery near Lo Wu was approved, and burials commenced on 9th April 1950. In the financial year of 1950-51, the number of reburials (including temporary storage awaiting cremation) at Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery was as high as 65,558. 180 181 SE This was followed by the commissioning of the most important post-war cemetery, the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, which was authorized on 27th February 1950. Burials in this cemetery commenced on 1 December in the same year. The cemetery was served by a branch of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and coffins could be transported to the cemetery by railway hearse. In the financial year of 1951-52, 16,054 coffins were transported to the cemetery by the railway hearse. 182 Appendix 1 Name of Cemetery Name of Cemetery Location Year Remarks Protestant Burial Ground Wan Chai 1841 Closed 1845, last graves removed 1889 Catholic Burial Ground Wan Chai 1842 *Colonial/Hong Kong Cemetery Happy Valley 1845 *Stanley Cemetery Stanley Earliest graves: 1843. Closed c. 1870, re-opened during the war. Renamed Stanley Military Cemetery after WWII. West Point Burial Ground St. Michael Catholic Cemetery Happy Valley 1848 *Parsee/Zoroastrian Cemetery Happy Valley 1852 *Jewish Cemetery Mid-Levels 1857 Appeared in a 1863 map. Details not known. Muslim/Mohammedan Cemetery Happy Valley Appeared by 1850s. Details not known. *Muslim/Mohammedan Cemetery Po Yan Street (Cemetery Street) 1870 Chinese Burial Ground Yau Ma Tei 1871 Chinese Cemetery Mount Davis 1882 Chinese Christian Cemetery Chai Wan 1882 183 184
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260 Japanese invasion, steps could not be taken until after the war.177 178 In July 1949 the first of such cemeteries, the Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery near Lowu was approved, and burials commenced on 9th April 1950. In the financial year of 1950-51, the number of reburials (including temporary storage awaiting cremation) at Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery was as high as 65,558,180 181 SE This was followed by the commissioning of the most important post-war cemetery, the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, which was authorized on 27th February 1950. Burials in this cemetery commenced on I December in the same year. The cemetery was served by a branch of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and coffins could be transported to the cemetery by railway hearse. In the financial year of 1951-52, 16,054 coffins were transported to the cemetery by the railway hearse. 182 Appendix 1 Name of Cemetery183 Protestant Burial Ground Catholic Burial Ground *Colonial/Hong Kong Cemetery *Stanley Cemetery Location Year 184 Remarks Wan Chai 1841 Closed 1845, last graves removed 1889 Wan Chai 1842 Happy Valley 1845 Stanley West Point Burial Ground St. Michael Catholic Cemetery *Parsee/Zoroastrian Cemetery *Jewish Cemetery Muslim/Mohammedan Cemetery *Musfim/Mohammedan Cemetery Chinese Burial Ground Chinese Burial Ground Chinese Cemetery Chinese Christian Cemetery Earliest graves: 1843. Closed c. 1870, re-opened during the war. Renamed Stanley Military Cemetery after WWII. Sai Ying Poon 1843 Happy Valley 1848 Happy Valley 1852 Happy Valley Mid-Levels 1857 Appeared in a 1863 map. Details not known. Happy Valley Po Yan Street (Cemetery Street) Yau Ma Tei 1870 Appeared by 1850s. Details not known. 1871 Mount Davis 1882 Chai Wan 1882
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Japanese invasion, steps could not be taken until after the war.177

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In July 1949 the first of such cemeteries, the Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery near Lowu was approved, and burials commenced on 9th April 1950. In the financial year of 1950-51, the number of reburials (including temporary storage awaiting cremation) at Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery was as high as 65,558,180

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This was followed by the commissioning of the most important post-war cemetery, the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, which was authorized on 27th February 1950. Burials in this cemetery commenced on I December in the same year. The cemetery was served by a branch of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and coffins could be transported to the cemetery by railway hearse. In the financial year of 1951-52, 16,054 coffins were transported to the cemetery by the railway hearse. 182

Appendix 1

Name of Cemetery183

Protestant Burial Ground

Catholic Burial Ground

*Colonial/Hong Kong Cemetery

*Stanley Cemetery

Location Year 184

Remarks

Wan Chai

1841

Closed 1845, last graves

removed

1889

Wan Chai

1842

Happy Valley

1845

Stanley

West Point Burial Ground

St. Michael Catholic Cemetery *Parsee/Zoroastrian Cemetery *Jewish Cemetery Muslim/Mohammedan Cemetery

*Musfim/Mohammedan Cemetery

Chinese Burial Ground

Chinese Burial Ground

Chinese Cemetery

Chinese Christian Cemetery

Earliest graves: 1843. Closed c. 1870, re-opened during the war. Renamed Stanley Military Cemetery after WWII.

Sai Ying Poon 1843 Happy Valley 1848 Happy Valley 1852 Happy Valley

Mid-Levels

1857

Appeared in a 1863 map.

Details not known.

Happy Valley

Po Yan Street

(Cemetery Street)

Yau Ma Tei

1870

Appeared by 1850s.

Details not known.

1871

Mount Davis

1882

Chai Wan

1882

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