Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan today officiated at the opening ceremony for the Home of Forever Love, the pioneer cremation facility dedicated for abortuses of less than 24 weeks' gestation managed by the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department.

The Home of Forever Love at Kwai Chung Crematorium will open on September 26 to provide free cremation service for abortuses.

Mr Tse said the Government has all along been actively examining and implementing proposals to enhance the handling of abortuses in a holistic manner, including providing facilities for keeping and cremating abortuses.

The department set up the Garden of Forever Love at Wo Hop Shek of Fanling and Cape Collinson of Chai Wan, providing 300 and 400 abortus keeping spaces, and will also set up a Garden of Forever Love at Shek Mun of Sha Tin, providing 300 abortus keeping spaces for use by the public free of charge.

The cremation facility, named Home of Forever Love, symbolises everlasting care and love.

In a scenic and tranquil environment, the facility houses small-scale installations for cremation, and provides a reception, a multi-purpose room for holding memorial activities, a garden where parents may scatter the cremated ashes of abortuses and electronic kiosks for memorial activities.

Apart from accepting applications from parents of abortuses, the facility will also handle cremation services for unclaimed abortuses from local public and private hospitals as well as other healthcare facilities, with a view to enhancing the current arrangement of disposing of abortuses as clinical waste.

Application forms can be downloaded from the department’s website.

Call 2570 4318 or 2365 5321 for enquiries.