Important Note: The Development Bureau's update published on 29 March 2018 on the land/lease (user restrictions) and planning information relating to private columbaria is final. The information in this website has been archived and will not be updated.

The Private Columbaria Ordinance (“the Ordinance”) which regulates the operation of private columbaria through a licensing scheme, has come into effect on 30 June 2017 upon gazettal. For details of the Ordinance, please visit the website of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (http://www.rpc.gov.hk/).