Suspension of burial and cremation services on Lunar New Year's Day
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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (January 8) that services for the disposal of the dead would be suspended on Lunar New Year's Day (January 23).
An FEHD spokesman said, "On Lunar New Year's Day, all cemeteries and crematoria offices will be closed. No coffins will be accepted for burial at public cemeteries and no cremations will be undertaken at public crematoria."
"Cremation services and burial services will resume normal on January 24," the spokesman said.
Ends/Sunday, January 8, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:32
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