Hong Kong Regulations

CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES RULES - RULE 7

Allocation use and dimension of grave spaces

(1) Not more than one grave space shall be allocated for the burial of one set
of human remains.

(2) A grave space shall not exceed an area of 1200 mm by 2400 mm and there
shall not be provision for interspace between adjacent grave spaces: Provided
that in the digging for any burial no soil within 150 mm of any adjacent space
shall be disturbed. (L.N. 56 of 1982)

(3) There shall be not less than 900 mm depth between any part of a coffin
buried in a grave space and the level of the ground adjoining the grave. (L.N.
56 of 1982)

(4) Urns containing skeletal remains or ashes shall be buried to a depth of
not less than 450 mm from the level of the ground adjoining the grave. (L.N.
56 of 1982)