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The applicant or the hired licensed undertaker may contact the office of the cemetery where the deceased is to be buried to book the date of burial. On the day of burial, the applicant must bring along the following documents to the cemetery office concerned for processing: 
 
  • A completed “Application for Burial at Public Cemetery” [FEHB 144] (the particulars of the hired licensed undertaker must be provided in the form, which must also be stamped with the undertaker’s chop recognised by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department);
  • The original “Certificate of Registration of Death” [Form 12]; 
  • The original “Certificate of Registration of Death” [Form 10] or the original “Certificate of Order Authorizing Burial of Body” [Form 11].
 
After checking the documents, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will allocate a coffin grave space to the eligible applicant on the date of application. 
 
After the burial, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will collect the fee required from the licensed undertaker hired by the applicant. 
 
Relatives of the deceased or the authorized undertaker may make arrangements for erection of a tombstone in a public cemetery by a mason registered. Charges usually vary according to the quality of the stone and the inscription required. The relatives may make the arrangements with the mason direct.
 
The applicant should submit an application to the cemetery office concerned in advance if the deceased's name inscribed on the tombstone is different from the one registered with Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.  Besides, the applicant should be present on the day the tombstone is erected to ensure that the tombstone is placed at the grave where the coffin is interred.
 
The deceased can be buried in the public cemeteries, private cemeteries, cemeteries operated by religious groups or the cemeteries outside Hong Kong .
 
Public Cemeteries
 
Coffin burial spaces are available for application at the public cemeteries managed by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department including Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery*, Tai O Cemetery*and Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery at Mui Wo* 
 
(* Applications for coffin burial at the cemeteries at Cheung Chau, Tai O or Lai Chi Yuen at Mui Wo must be supported by documents issued by the relevant rural committee certifying that the deceased was an indigenous villager of the Islands District or a bona fide local resident or their minor children.) 

 
Private Cemeteries

There are two types of graves in private cemeteries, including permanent graves and those which require timely “exhumation”. Private cemeteries include the following:
  • Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery*
  • Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery *
  • Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery*
  • Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery *

Operated by religious or other organisations 

Hong Kong Island
  1. Cape Collinson Roman Catholic Cemetery * 
  2. Cape Collinson Muslim Cemetery
  3. Cape Collinson Buddhist Cemetery * 
  4. Happy Valley Roman Catholic Cemetery *
  5. Happy Valley Zoroastrian Cemetery
  6. Happy Valley Hindu Cemetery
  7. Happy Valley Muslim Cemetery 
  8. Happy Valley Jewish Cemetery 
  9. Chiu Yuen Cemetery at Mount Davis* 
  10. Pok Fu Lam Road Christian Chinese Cemetery * 

Kowloon
  1. Cheung Sha Wan Roman Catholic Cemetery * 
  2. Grampian Road Christian Chinese Cemetery * 
  3. Sung Him Tong Sung Chan Wui Kei Tuk Kau Fan Cheung * 
  4. Tao Fong Shan Christian Cemetery * 

New Territories
  1. Tsuen Wan Chuen Yuen Church Cemetery * 
  2. Sai Kung Catholic Cemetery * 
  3. Castle Peak Christian Cemetery

Islands
  1. Cheung Chau Catholic Cemetery * 
  2. Cheung Chau Christian Cemetery *

(Remarks : * Also with columbarium)

 
The cemeteries outside Hong Kong
  1. Taipa Hills Memorial Garden
  2. Mirs Bay Overseas Chinese Muyuan
  3. Zhengguo Wan'an Garden
  4. Guangzhou Yudetang Cemetery
  5. Jinzhong Muyuan
  6. Fortune Wealth Memorial Park
  7. Huizhou Longyan Art Cemetery
 
Export of Dead Bodies
 

Export of Dead Bodies (out of Hong Kong)
  • If the body of a deceased is to be exported out of Hong Kong, an applicant should, after death registration, apply for the “Permit for Removal of Dead Body from Hong Kong” [Form 9] at the Deaths Registry of Immigration Department in the Joint Office. 
  • The applicant can obtain the application form [SF/BDR/3] from the counter and complete it by providing the information required, such as the personal particulars of the deceased, the proposed time for exporting the dead body out of Hong Kong and the destination.
  • The applicant is required to produce originals and copies of the documents permitting the burial issued by the overseas cemetery where the dead body is to be buried as well as the documents for the import of the dead body into the country concerned. 

If the body of the deceased is to be transported to the Mainland
  • The applicant should bring along documents such as the Home Visit Permit, the identity card and “Certificate of Registration of Death” [Form 12] of the deceased to complete the formalities with the International Travel Body Service Centre of the Chinese Funeral Association according to the requirements of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Mainland. (For details, please refer to the webpage of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, People’s Republic of China; and
  • The applicant should contact a local licensed undertaker or funeral parlour direct to arrange transportation of the dead body. 

If the body of the deceased is to be transported to an overseas country
  • Care must be taken to ensure that the deceased had the passport of the receiving country and that import permission has been obtained from its government. Enquiries can be made to the consulate concerned; and 
  • Upon grant of permission and completion of import procedures, the applicant should contact a local licensed undertaker or funeral parlour direct to arrange transportation of the dead body

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