A basic two-person option for funeral urns is sold for S$78,000. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG – With its white marble foyer and lavish chandeliers, the 12-storey tower could be mistaken for one of Hong Kong’s newest hotels, but it offers a longer stay: a final resting place for thousands in one of the world’s most crowded cities.
The sleek, modern building is the work of German architect Ulrich Kirchhoff, 52, who told AFP he tried to blend elements of nature into a high-density space to create a “neighbourhood village feel”.Mr Kirchhoff said his design was inspired by traditional Chinese graveyards, which are often perched on mountainsides. His columbarium carried over those undulating lines, greenery and textures of hewn rock.
Much like apartments in Hong Kong, rent for the units is not cheap, putting them beyond the reach of most people. Historian Chau Chi-fung, who wrote a book on Hong Kong’s funeral practices, said the seeds of the crisis were sown decades prior by the British colonial administration, before the city was handed over to China in 1997.
Officials say that the city is prepared for the uptick, with about 25 per cent vacancy among the current 425,000 public columbarium spots and more public and private supply in the pipeline.
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