List of cemeteries in Hong Kong explained

The following is a list of cemeteries in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Island

• Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
• Carmelite Cemetery
• Chiu Yuen Cemetery, Mount Davis – Private cemetery of Hotung clan
• Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery
• - Former cemetery. Wah Fu Estate was built at this location.
• Mount Caroline Cemetery (FEHD)
• Stanley Prison Cemetery (FEHD). Venue managed by the Correctional Services Department.^[1]
• Stanley Military Cemetery – Not only one of the major military cemeteries of Hong Kong, but also one of the last battlefields of Hong Kong Defence, 1941

Cape Collinson

• Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
• Cape Collinson Military Cemetery – Buried for British military in Hong Kong, also this cemetery was managed by Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Cape Collinson Muslim Cemetery aka. Chai Wan Muslim Cemetery - Adjacent to Chai Wan Mosque
• Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
• Hong Kong Buddhist Cemetery
• Sai Wan War Cemetery – Most of the World War II of Hong Kong and East Asia Stage war dead are buried there

Happy Valley

• Happy Valley Jewish Cemetery c. 1855 and purchased by Sasson family
• Happy Valley Muslim Cemetery
• Hindu Cemetery – c. 1880s and includes a temple building
• Hong Kong Cemetery (FEHD) – Established in 1845. The early western cemetery in the early colonial era of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Parsee Cemetery – c. 1852
• St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery

Kowloon and New Kowloon

• Chinese Christian Cemetery – Kowloon City District
• Hau Pui Loong Cemetery. Former cemetery
• New Kowloon Cemetery No. 8 (Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery) (FEHD) - Diamond Hill. Officially designated in 1939, but may have been in use earlier. It was closed in 1961.^[2]
• St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery – Cheung Sha Wan

New Territories

• Fu Shan, in Tai Wai. Columbarium only
• Gallant Garden is the cemetery for civil and public servants who died in service
• Gurkha Military Cemetery – Built in Cassino Line (now San Tin Barracks) at San Tin of Yuen Long District
• Heung Shek Cemetery
• Po Fook Hill, in Sha Tin
• Sai Kung Catholic Cemetery
• Sandy Ridge Cemetery (FEHD)
• Tao Fong Shan Christian Cemetery, part of Tao Fong Shan Christian Center
• Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
• Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
• Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery (FEHD) – largest in Hong Kong
• Tsang Tsui
• Private Family Cemetery of General Shen Hongying (沈鴻英私人墓園)^{[3] [4]} in Pat Heung off Kam Po Road, adjacent to the Taoism Jiu Xiao Guan (Hong Kong)

Islands District

• Cheung Chau Catholic Cemetery
• Cheung Chau Cemetery (FEHD)
• Cheung Chau Christian Cemetery
• Mui Wo Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery (FEHD)
• Tai O Cemetery (FEHD)

See also

• Cape Collinson Crematorium
• Tung Wah Coffin Home

Further reading

• Ko. Tim-keung. 2001 . A Review of Development of Cemeteries in Hong: 1841-1950 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 41 . 241–280 . 1991-7295.
• Teather. Elizabeth. 2001 . Deathspace in Hong Kong,Guangzhou and Seoul: A Review ot Recent Research,1995-2001 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 41 . 329-339 . 1991-7295.
• Waters. Dan. 1991. Chinese Funerals: A Case Study. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 31. 104-134. 1991-7295.

External links

• Opening hours of Cemeteries and Crematoria Services (Government of Hong Kong SAR, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Public Cemeteries Detail. Stanley Prison Cemetery . Food and Environmental Hygiene Department .
2. • Teather . Elizabeth Kenworthy . March 1998 . Themes from Complex Landscapes: Chinese Cemeteries and Columbaria in Urban Hong Kong . Australian Geographical Studies . 36 . 1 . 21-36 . 10.1111/1467-8470.00037. 0004-9190 .
3. Web site: 政府錦田南建屋 27公頃農地消失 . 2023-01-22 . 明報教育網 . Traditional Chinese.
4. Web site: 將領古墳地擬建公營屋 . 2023-01-22 . 明報教育網 . Traditional Chinese.