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Notes » October 2009
Because Urns Lack Legroom
According to a recent survey, 84% of Hong Kongers between 27 to 70 years old prefer cremation to burial upon death, but only 25% of those preferred to have their cremains stored in an urn.
With the ever increasing lack of storage space for urns (given that most Hong Kongers won't keep the urn in the house), scattering the ashes makes the most sense. So far the government allows scattering only in the waters near Tap Mun, Tung Lung Chau, the West Lamma Channel and The Brothers.
As for land scattering, special gardens are available but for some folks that just won't do.
My mother who is in her 90s does not accept my idea of scattering ashes in a garden. She is afraid the bones will mix up with the other people.
As a foreigner the topic of where to send my earthly remains had been unresolved: do I request them to be shipped back to where I was born, or just accept Hong Kong as my final resting place since it's now my home?
After discussing it with my sister I know what I want: if I should pass before my wife, she should burn me up and scatter my ashes in the Pacific Ocean near a place I dearly love: Hawaiʻi.
That way she'll also get the benefit of a much-needed vacation in a little slice of paradise.
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