Minutes of 964 Meeting of the Town Planning Board held on 20.8 ...

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(vi) public bodies including <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chinese
Permanent Cemeteries (BMCPC) and religious bodies were
encouraged to develop more columbarium facilities at suitable
sites or expand existing facilities;
Promoting more environmentally-friendly and sustainable means <strong>of</strong>
handling cremains
(vii) encouraging <strong>the</strong> public to use alternative means <strong>of</strong> handling
cremains such as scattering cremains in Gardens <strong>of</strong>
Remembrance (GoRs) or in designated Hong Kong waters, and
pay tribute to <strong>the</strong> deceased by internet memorial services. These
alternative means did not consume land;
(viii) encouraging <strong>the</strong> public to maximize <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> existing niches;
(ix) reviewing <strong>the</strong> existing arrangement <strong>of</strong> providing permanent
niches / urn grave spaces, such as introducing an annual
management fee, vacating <strong>the</strong> niches with outstanding fee
payment for o<strong>the</strong>r users to ensure effective use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> limited
niche resources, and introducing an incentive scheme for <strong>the</strong>
return <strong>of</strong> public niches to <strong>the</strong> Government for fur<strong>the</strong>r use in
exchange for an ex-gratia allowance;
Enhancing consumer protection in <strong>the</strong> choice <strong>of</strong> private columbaria
(x) publication <strong>of</strong> two lists : List A would set out <strong>the</strong> private
columbaria which were compliant with <strong>the</strong> land lease and <strong>the</strong>
statutory land and town planning requirements. Private
columbaria that did not fall under List A would be included in List
B;
(xi) in terms <strong>of</strong> planning, <strong>the</strong> columbaria in List A should be (i) an