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Arrangements for a Funeral

The relatives may refer to the following information when arranging a funeral:
 
Licensed Undertakers (“Coffin Shops”)
 
  • The legislation provides that a valid Undertaker’s Licence must be obtained from Food and Environmental Hygiene Department for the trade or business operated by a person who undertakes all or any duties connected with the cremation or burial of human cadavers. Currently there are more than 120 licensed undertakers in Hong Kong. 
  • Apart from the 7 undertakers which are also holding the licence for funeral parlour, the other licensed undertakers do not have such facilities as mortuaries and service halls. Their services mainly include the transportation of bodies, arrangement of funerals and booking of funeral parlours. 
 
In general, staff of licensed undertakers may assist in handling cremation or burial matters, such as:
  1. Application for the “Certificate of Registration of Death” [Form 12] (commonly known as “going-out pass”);
  2. Application for the “Certificate of Registration of Death” [Form 10] (commonly known as “burial permit”); 
  3. Application for the “Cremation Permit” [Form 3];
  4. Booking of cremation session or burial location; and
  5. Renting of service hall and mortuary facilities.
 
Holding the Funeral in Funeral Parlours 
 
The present 7 licensed funeral parlours in Hong Kong have service halls and mortuary facilities for storage and handling human remains. Two of them are operated by non-profit-making organisations. For renting of service hall and mortuary facilities in a funeral parlour, the relatives may engage a licensed undertaker for the arrangements or make enquiries direct to the funeral parlours.
 

Holding the Funeral in Religious Venues 
 
Should the funerals of religious believers are to be held in religious venues, please contact the religious group concerned directly for details, or engage a licensed undertaker to make the arrangements. 
 
“Farewell Services” in Hospitals 
 
If the deceased passed away in a hospital, the relatives may consider to engage a licensed undertaker to arrange farewell service in the hospital.  Most hospitals have farewell rooms (or similar rooms) for the relatives to hold simple memorial rites. Afterwards, the body will be transported directly to a crematorium or cemetery for cremation or burial.
 
Hospitals which provide farewell room (and their telephone numbers for enquiries) are listed below:

Hong Kong Island East:

  • Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (2595 6224) 
  • Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals (2291 1030) 

Hong Kong Island West:

  • Grantham Hospital (2518 2201) 
  • Queen Mary Hospital (2255 3678) 
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital (2855 6111)

Kowloon Central:

  • Buddhist Hospital (2339 6127) 
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital (3506 8434) 

Kowloon East:

  • Tseung Kwan O Hospital (2208 0906)
  • United Christian Hospital (3513 3572)

Kowloon West:

  • Caritas Medical Centre (3408 6345) 
  • Kwong Wah Hospital (3517 6194) 
  • Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital (2354 2209) 
  • Yan Chai Hospital (2417 8146)

N.T. East:

  • Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (2689 3426) 
  • North District Hospital (2683 7112) 
  • Prince of Wales Hospital (3505 2252)
  • Shatin Hospital (2636 7509)

N.T. West：

  • Pok Oi Hospital (2486 8846) 
  • Tuen Mun Hospital (2468 5148)


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