Guides

• How public niche allocation works in Hong Kong

  How to apply for an FEHD public niche: fees, allocation of extendable niches, Islands District eligibility, and how many niches are available now.

• Private columbaria: licence, exemption and TSOL explained

  The three specified instruments under the Private Columbaria Ordinance, what approval-in-principle means, and what to check before buying a niche.

• Green burial in Hong Kong: gardens of remembrance and sea scattering

  How to scatter ashes in an FEHD garden of remembrance (free) or at sea in Hong Kong waters, plus the Green Burial Central Register and Internet Memorial Service.

• Funeral costs checklist: what to ask about in Hong Kong

  Each cost to ask about, from the undertaker and funeral parlour to cremation and keeping the ashes, with government fees and basic funeral services for people in need.