RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2001 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zg651950g Shum Wan Cemetery Aberdeen 1938 There had been another *New Kin Inland Lot No. 2662 (St. Raphael's) Catholic Cemetery War Emergency Cemeteries *Sai Wan Military/War Cemetery Prison Cemetery *Sandy Ridge Cemetery *Wo Hop Shek Cemetery *Cheung Chau Catholic Cemetery *Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery *Chinese Permanent Cemetery Cape Collinson *Muslim Cemetery *Buddhist Cemetery *Military Cemetery *Chinese Permanent Cemetery 263 cemetery in Shum Wan in 1920s, details of which is not known. Removal of all urns was ordered 1949. Earliest graves: 1941. Piper's Hill 1941-45 Refer to the article. Cape Collinson 1947 Stanley Lo Wu 1947 1949 Wo Hop Shek 1950 Cheung Chau Earliest graves: 1957. Cape Collinson Earliest graves: 1960. Earliest graves: 1963. Cape Collinson 1963 Cape Collinson Earliest graves: 1964. Cape Collinson 1967 Tseung Kwan O 1989 * Cemeteries still known to be in existence. Appendix 2 1. Distribution of lots at Sandy Ridge Cemetery Coffin section: 1. General 2. Roman Catholic 3. Little Sisters of the Poor 4. Tung Wah Urn section: 1. General 2. Tung Wah 3. Chiu Chow 4. Yan Ping 5. Chung Shan 6. Hok Shan 7. Sun Wui 8. Tsang Shing 9. Fukien ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2001 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zg651950g 334 cremation after a few years in a coffin grave. This paper concentrates on columbaria in municipal cemeteries in Hong Kong, and contrasts the conservative designs of the public sector with the more expressive solutions of private providers. It contains the statistics about numbers of 'cremains' stored in niche walls and columbaria that I had obtained from cemetery managers, whose co-operation was invaluable. The statistics should be regarded as indicative rather than precise. Death has to be planned for as much as life. Storing the dead is a sensitive issue, for the family as well as the state. The worldwide story of columbaria through the ages is one waiting to be told, although sporadic information is to be found in the key texts on cemetery history such as James Curl's A Celebration of Death (1993) and Silent Cities (K.T. Jackson and C.J. Vergara, 1989). Columbaria pose an intriguing challenge to contemporary architects and some of the resulting designs can make for striking and imposing contemporary landscape artefacts. Compared with cemeteries, columbaria are much more focused and inward looking. Cemeteries have the advantage of being outdoors, with all the distractions of the fresh air, the sky, distant views, maybe trees and even some landscaping - though this is rare in Hong Kong, an exception being sections of the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley. Landscaping was a fundamental part of the design of new private cemeteries that I visited in Guangzhou. How will cyberspace supplement and perhaps supplant the material memorial space of cemeteries and columbaria? Cemetery managers I interviewed in Guangzhou were already thinking about this. Teather, E.K. (1998). Themes from complex landscapes: Chinese cemeteries and columbaria in Hong Kong, Australian Geographical Studies 36(1): 21-36. In this paper, I tried to break away from the straightforward description and painstaking attempt to understand the social and belief systems that underpin cemetery layout and ritual. I tried to capture a little of the contrasting landscapes, symbolisms and moods of four of Hong Kong's cemeteries: Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery (1931); Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery (1915); sprawling Sandy Ridge Cemetery on the border with Guangdong Province (1950); and St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Lai Chi Kok (1946). ================================================================================