In Hong Kong, it can be hard just finding somewhere to sit down. In the fourth most densely populated place in the world, park benches are packed and strangers share tables at restaurants. But for the 40,000 people who die there every year, it turns out there's no respite from the crowds, even in the afterlife. While a land shortage forced Hong Kongers to give up on burials long ago — only 11% of bodies were buried in 2007 — the city has also run out of space for cremated ashes.
On April 14, the government began accepting applications for new cremation niches at its Diamond Hill columbarium, a massive nine-story building that stores cremation urns. The 18,500 new niches, the largest new public supply in almost a decade, compelled nearly 1,000 people to line up outside the columbarium office to personally submit their applications on opening day.
Indiana Funeral Care serves the rapidly growing number of people in Indiana who are looking for more simplicity and lower cost in funeral and cremation services, all performed with the utmost of concern, respect and dignity. Families and friends are telling us they find comfort in our ability to fulfill these wishes.
You can reach us by phone at (317) 636-6464 or toll free at 1-866-570-0029 or email info@indianafuneralcare.com.
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