With the aging population in Hong Kong, the Government expects that the number of cremations will increase from 51,536 in 2021 to 77,700 in 2041. It is imperative to build a columbarium.
The government recently went to the Kwai Tsing District Council to explain the latest plan for the conversion of the former Kwai Chung incinerator site into a columbarium. It is expected that a five-storey columbarium building will be constructed to provide 68,500 niches. The construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2025. The rollout could be completed as early as the third quarter of 2028.
Planning Department: The building design uses the natural terrain to integrate with the surrounding environment
According to the documents of the Kwai Tsing District Council, the Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan is being revised according to the plan to build a columbarium on a site at the former site of the Kwai Chung Incinerator, Yu Street, Kwai Tsing District.
If funding is successfully obtained, the project will be carried out in the form of a Design and Build Contract.
The project initially plans to build a 5-storey columbarium building with a roof and other related ancillary facilities with a site area of about 14,000 square meters. By then, the building will provide treasure facilities and 68,500 columbarium niches, and the ground will have a lobby and office buildings facility.
According to reports, the Architectural Services Department will make full use of the natural topography of the Kwai Yu Street site, through garden and architectural design, to integrate the appearance of the columbarium with the surrounding environment and scenery, and use plants and trees as barriers, such as the roof for greening, Appropriate vertical greening and other landscaping facilities are also provided in appropriate locations to minimize the visual and psychological impact that may be caused by the columbarium, and to achieve the effect of environmental protection and aesthetics. Maintain the current natural landscape.
Food and Health Bureau plans to apply to Legislative Council for funding in the first quarter of 2025
The columbarium will also be equipped with a public smoke-clearing and environmentally friendly treasure furnace to centrally handle the burning of sputum. It is also equipped with an extraction system with an appropriate extraction ratio, through a water curtain machine and an electrostatic smoke removal device, to more effectively purify the air and reduce air pollution. cause nuisance to the surrounding environment.
The project plan also includes some environmentally friendly features, such as rainwater recycling system for irrigation, solar power generation system, LED lighting and other installations.
As for traffic assessment, the Food and Health Bureau commissioned the Civil Engineering and Development Department to hire a consulting firm in 2014 to conduct engineering feasibility studies and traffic impact assessment. After analyzing and evaluating road traffic data, the report was completed in March this year, stating that after the implementation of the proposed traffic mitigation measures, the operation of the proposed columbarium will not have an insurmountable impact on the traffic network in the area.
The Food and Health Bureau is planning to apply to the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council for funding in the first quarter of 2025.
If the funding application is successfully approved, the construction of the columbarium is expected to start in the first quarter of 2025 and can be completed in the third quarter of 2028 at the earliest.
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