Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery

Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery

Kowloon Motor Bus circular route 14S links temporarily Yau Tong to Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery during the Ching Ming and Chung Yeung festivals. The route follows a section of stage 3 of the Wilson Trail, leading to Devil's Peak.

Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery (Chinese: 將軍澳華人永遠墳場), also referred to as Junk Bay Chinese Permanent Cemetery^[1] 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 (華人永遠墳場管理委員會).^[2] The term 'Permanent' refers to the cemetery site, not the graves.^[3]

Location

Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery lies on the slopes of Chiu Keng Wan Shan (照鏡環山), eastwards of Devil's Peak. It faces the bay of Tseung Kwan O (aka. Junk Bay).

Notable burials

• Danny Chan (1958–1993), pop singer
• Wong Ka Kui (1962–1993), singer and musician
• Sun Ma Sze Tsang (1916–1997), opera singer and actor

See also

• List of cemeteries in Hong Kong

References

1. "Cemetery List". Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
2. Location of Burial. Centre on Behavioural Health (CBH) of the University of Hong Kong
3. Teather, Elizabeth Kenworthy (March 1998). "Themes from Complex Landscapes: Chinese Cemeteries and Columbaria in Urban Hong Kong". Australian Geographical Studies. 36 (1): 25. doi:10.1111/1467-8470.00037. ISSN 0004-9190.

External links

• Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery at Find a Grave

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