[私營骨灰龕發牌委員會] Licensing Board set up for Private Columbarium

Licensing Board set up for Private Columbarium
私營骨灰龕發牌委員會

Stakeholders

Pros 

Descendants/Elderly
- No concerns about their ancestors’ ashes after individual operators have gone bust
environmental group
- Less pollution

Cons

1. Private columbarium
- Operation cost increase
- Long processing time
-> Curtailed supply

2. Industrial building tenants
-> Long processing time
-> Difficult transition period affected by regulatory regime and attempts

3. Member of public, especially residents living near columbarium
- More columbariums are built in urban area
- Increase the traffic density

Where do we stand? (HK specific)

• Dense population-> Severe air pollution-> Minimize the nuisance
• Dangerous structure of building-> Jeopardise the lives of people
• Ageing problem-> Sustainable development of columbarium
• Ease sentiment of descendants by providing more resting place for the deceased

Remedies

• Green columbarium
• Ash Disposal
• Provide well-developed traffic network
• Underground columbarium

Reference: http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr15-16/english/panels/fseh/papers/fseh20160112cb2-587-5-e.pdf

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