Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery Explained

Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery is a private, non-profit cemetery in Cape Collinson, Hong Kong.^[1] It is one of the largest cemeteries in Hong Kong.

The term 'Permanent' refers to the cemetery site, not the graves.^[2] The cemetery is nevertheless like all other plots of land in the territory subject to a land lease. For this cemetery the lease expire in 2036.^[3]

History

Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery was opened in 1963 by The Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries,^{[4] [5] [6]} a statutory body of Hong Kong established in 1913, that manages four Chinese permanent cemeteries in the territory.^[7] The cemetery was extended in 1973.^{[2] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Notable burials

• , educator, co-founder and principal of the Shue Yan College/Shue Yan University, former judge^[12]
• , almanacist^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Lam Sheung Yee, international footballer, educator and football commentator
• , journalist, founder of Wah Kiu Yat Po

See also

• Cape Collinson Crematorium
• Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
• Sai Wan War Cemetery
• List of cemeteries in Hong Kong

Further reading

• Book: Murray, Sarah . 2011 . Making an Exit: From the Magnificent to the Macabre – How We Dignify the Dead . . 142-144 . 9781429989299.

External links

• News: 21 January 2015 . The crowded cemeteries of Hong Kong – in pictures . .
  • Film Services Office entry

22.26°N 114.24°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chan . Arthur . Councillors reject cemetery traffic suggestions as 'impractical' . . 27 April 2020 . en . 5 September 2014.
2. Teather . Elizabeth Kenworthy . March 1998 . Themes from Complex Landscapes: Chinese Cemeteries and Columbaria in Urban Hong Kong . Australian Geographical Studies . 36 . 1 . 25 . 10.1111/1467-8470.00037. 0004-9190 .
3. Web site: 認購骨灰龕位條款及須知 . Chinese . .
4. Book: Dickhardt . Michael . Lauser . Andrea . 2016 . Religion, Place and Modernity: Spatial Articulations in Southeast Asia and East Asia . . 317 . 9789004320239.
5. Book: Hong Kong Chronicles Institute . 2022 . Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview & Chronology . . 323 . 9789888807321.
6. Web site: zh-Hant . 華人永遠墳場管理委員會–關於華永會–墳場典故–柴灣華人永遠墳場 . www.bmcpc.org.hk . Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries . 27 April 2020.
7. Web site: HKU Centre on Behavioural Health releases survey findings on Hong Kong people's changing attitude towards death . 27 April 2015 . .
8. News: 10 December 2021 . 復修百年墳場文獻 連結香港舊時空 . . Chinese .
9. News: 10 December 2021 . 復修百年墳場文獻 連結香港舊時空 . . Chinese .
10. News: 華永會復修百年葬冊　從墓地配售簿看日治歷史　鹿島通是何處 . . Chinese .
11. Web site: 華永會復修百年葬冊 . .
12. News: 26 March 2014 . 鍾期榮遺體安葬柴灣華人永遠墳場 . news.now.com . zh.
13. News: 1 August 2018 . 蔡伯勵暫葬柴灣華人永遠墳場 . . Chinese .
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGCW93fbj4g
15. News: 31 July 2018 . 蔡伯勵今出殯 長眠柴灣華人永遠墳場 . . Chinese .