Funeral costs checklist: what to ask about in Hong Kong
Last checked against official sources: 17 Oct 2026
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.
Ask the undertaker
- Ask for a written, itemised quote: coffin, transporting the body, the funeral parlour hall, ceremony and religious officiants, floral tributes, hearse, cremation or burial arrangements.
- Check the shop holds an FEHD undertaker licence (our list); List B shops are prohibited from keeping ashes on the premises.
Sources: FEHD: licensed undertakers list
| Service | Charge |
|---|---|
| Adult cremation | $1,220 |
| Child cremation | $650 |
| Cremation of skeletal remains | $90 |
| Certificate of Cremation | $140 |
| Temporary storage of ashes after the first two months following cremation (each month) | $80 |
| Permit for placing each memorial plaque | $90 |
| Standard niche and permit to place a memorial plaque | Niche : $2,400 (Initial 20-year Interment Period) $1,200 (10-year Interment Period (extension)) Plaque: $90 |
| Large niche and permit to place a memorial plaque | Niche : $3,000 (Initial 20-year Interment Period) $1,500 (10-year Interment Period (extension)) Plaque: $90 |
| Adult burial | $3,190 |
| Child burial | $2,605 |
| Urn grave (burial of skeletal remains) or placing an additional set of skeletal remains / ashes | $6,305 |
| Certificate of Burial | $140 |
| Permit to Remove/Exhume Remains | $120 |
| Replacement of Permit to Remove/Exhume Remains | $140 |
| Placing an additional set of ashes in a niche | $140 |
| Official signature fee | $140 |
Source: FEHD service fees · Updated 17 Oct 2026
Government fees
Government fees for cremation, public niches, burial, plaque permits and temporary storage of ashes are in the FEHD fee table on this page. Scattering in an FEHD garden of remembrance is free.
Private niches
Private niche prices vary widely. In 2022 the Consumer Council surveyed several licensed private columbaria and found single niches of different grades in the same columbarium varied up to almost 12 times, with the most expensive double niche close to $5.2 million; handling, solicitor's and management fees come on top. Our fee comparison page only shows prices that columbaria publish on their own websites, with the date we read them.
Sources: Consumer Council (2022)
If money is tight
Under its service agreement with the Government, Global Funeral Parlour provides basic funeral services to people in need for no more than the CSSA burial grant; FEHD notes that Kowloon, International and Diamond Hill funeral parlours provide similar services. People in need can also seek help from charitable trust funds or the Emergency Relief Fund managed by the Social Welfare Department.