The following is a list of cemeteries in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Hong Kong Island

* Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery ( BMCPC) * Carmelite Cemetery *

Chiu Yuen Cemetery Chiu Yuen Cemetery is a private cemetery located on Mount Davis, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. History The cemetery was established in 1897 under the initiative of Sir Robert Ho Tung and Ho Kam Tong. It was the only cemetery in Hong Kon ...

, Mount Davis – Private cemetery of Hotung clan *

Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery or Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pokfulam Road Cemetery () is a cemetery in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. It is managed by The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union ( ...

() * () - Former cemetery.

Wah Fu Estate Wah Fu Estate () is a public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District. It was built on a new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate () and Wah Fu (II) E ...

was built at this location. * Mount Caroline Cemetery ( FEHD) *

Stanley Prison Stanley Prison (c. January 1937, previously known as Hong Kong Prison at Stanley) is one of the six maximum security facilities in Hong Kong. History Built in 1937, Stanley Prison is currently the oldest institution still in service (the old ...

Cemetery (FEHD). Venue managed by the

Correctional Services Department Hong Kong Correctional Services (also called Correctional Services Department (CSD)) is responsible for the management of prisoners and prisons in Hong Kong. The Commissioner of Correctional Services reports to the Secretary for Security. A ...

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Stanley Military Cemetery Stanley Military Cemetery is a cemetery located near St. Stephen's Beach in Stanley, Hong Kong. Along with the larger Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Cemetery, it is one of two military cemeteries of the early colonial era, used for the burials ...

– 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 Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery () is a private, non-profit cemetery in Cape Collinson, Hong Kong. It is one of the largest cemeteries in Hong Kong. The term 'Permanent' refers to the cemetery site, not the graves. The cemetery is ...

(BMCPC) * Cape Collinson Military Cemetery – Buried for British military in Hong Kong, also this cemetery was managed by

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...

Cape Collinson Muslim Cemetery A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

aka. Chai Wan Muslim Cemetery *

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a private cemetery located in Cape Collinson, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is managed by Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong (). The cemetery was completed and opened in ...

Hong Kong Buddhist Cemetery Hong Kong Buddhist Cemetery is a private cemetery located in Cape Collinson, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is managed by The Hong Kong Buddhist Association (). The cemetery was completed and opened in 1963. Notable burials * Lee Chi Hun ...

Sai Wan War Cemetery Sai Wan War Cemetery is a military cemetery located in Chai Wan, Hong Kong which was built in 1946. The cemetery was created to commemorate soldiers of Hong Kong Garrison who perished during the Second World War. The cemetery also contains 12 Wo ...

– Most of the World War II of Hong Kong and East Asia Stage war dead are buried there

Happy Valley

Happy Valley Jewish Cemetery, Hong Kong Happy Valley Jewish Cemetery, Hong Kong is the main Jewish cemetery in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. The cemetery is located on Shan Kwong Road and is managed by Jones Lang Lasalle Management Services. History The burial ground was opened in 1855 by ...

c. 1855 and purchased by Sasson family * Happy Valley Muslim Cemetery * Hindu Cemetery – c. 1880s and includes a temple building *

Hong Kong Cemetery Hong Kong Cemetery, formerly Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Cemetery and before that Hong Kong Colonial Cemetery, is one of the early Christian cemeteries in Hong Kong dating to its colonial era beginning in 1845. It is located beside the racecourse ...

(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 Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its res ...

Hau Pui Loong Cemetery Hau or HAU may refer to: People and characters * Hau (mythology), a Polynesian wind god * Hau (surname) * Hau Latukefu (AKA Hau, born 1976), Australian hip hop musician and radio host * Hau, a character in Pokémon Sun and Moon Places * Hậu Ri ...

. Former cemetery * New Kowloon Cemetery No. 8 (Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery) (FEHD) -

Diamond Hill Diamond Hill is a hill in the east of Kowloon, Hong Kong. The name also refers to the area on or adjacent to the hill. It is surrounded by Ngau Chi Wan, San Po Kong, Wong Tai Sin and Tsz Wan Shan. Its northeast is limited by the ridge. It is pr ...

. Officially designated in 1939, but may have been in use earlier. It was closed in 1961.* * St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery –

Cheung Sha Wan Cheung Sha Wan is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between. Administratively it is part of Sham Shui Po District, which also ...

New Territories

* Fu Shan, in

Tai Wai Tai Wai () is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District. With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, five bus termini and ...

. Columbarium only *

Gallant Garden Gallant Garden (), in Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery at Wo Hop Shek, Hong Kong, was established in November 1996 for civil servants who lost their lives on duty. In 2000, permanent earth burial was extended to both civil servants and non-civil servan ...

is the cemetery for civil and public servants who died in service *

Gurkha Military Cemetery The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India. The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Go ...

– Built in Cassino Line (now San Tin Barracks) at

San Tin San Tin () is a loosely defined area in Yuen Long District in New Territories, Hong Kong that is part of the San Tin constituency. Unlike Hong Kong's highly urbanised areas, San Tin is sparsely populated due to its marshlands. San Tin is loca ...

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021 Geography Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial pla ...

* Heung Shek Cemetery () * Po Fook Hill () * Sai Kung Catholic Cemetery *

Sandy Ridge Cemetery Sandy Ridge Cemetery () is a cemetery in Sandy Ridge, Hong Kong near Man Kam To and next to Lo Wu Control Point. It is managed by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. It lies on the slopes between Sandy Ridge and Lo Wu Station Road. Hist ...

(FEHD) * Tao Fong Shan Christian Cemetery (), part of Tao Fong Shan Christian Center *

Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery (), also referred to as Junk Bay Chinese Permanent Cemetery is a cemetery in Tiu Keng Leng (Rennie's Mill), Hong Kong. It is managed by The Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries ().

(BMCPC) * Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC) *

Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery (), in Wo Hop Shek near Fanling in Hong Kong, is the largest public cemetery in Hong Kong. The cemetery opened in 1950 in the New Territories as cemeteries began to reach capacity on Hong Kong Island. Wo Hop Shek cov ...

(FEHD) – largest in Hong Kong * Tsang Tsui

Islands District

Cheung Chau Cheung Chau (lit. "Long Island") is an island southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is nicknamed the 'dumbbell island (啞鈴島)' due to its shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong, and had a population of 2 ...

Catholic Cemetery () * Cheung Chau Cemetery (FEHD) *

Mui Wo Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The 2011 Census recorded 5,485 people living in Mui Wo and its environs. Mui Wo is located on Silvermine Bay, so named for the silver mines that were once worked along ...

Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery (FEHD) *

Tai O Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means ''large inlet'', referring to outlet for the waterways (Tai O Creek and Tai O River) merges as it ...

Cemetery (FEHD)

References

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* Opening hours of Cemeteries and Crematoria Services
Government of Hong Kong SAR, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
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Cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...