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An order to remove and dispose of human remains buried in 1999 in public cemeteries was gazetted today (June 16).
People wishing to arrange for private exhumation and disposal of any affected human remains should apply to the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene on or before June 30, 2006.
Any remains not exhumed as required will be cremated at a government crematorium and the ashes reburied at Sandy Ridge Urn Cemetery or other urn cemeteries as the director may decide.
The human remains affected are those buried in the Coffin Section of Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery and Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery on Lantau; T Section of Sandy Ridge Cemetery and Government Urn Section of Sandy Ridge Urn Cemetery in Lo Wu.
The notice is made in pursuance of Section 119A of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Chapter 132) which empowers the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene to direct the removal and disposal of any human remains buried in public cemeteries for a period of not less than six years.
Applications for private exhumation should be sent to the department's Cemeteries and Crematoria Office at 6 Cheong Hang Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon. Inquiries can be made at 2364 5399.
Ends/Friday, June 16, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:56
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