{"id":63738,"date":"2017-08-15T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T08:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-licensing-law-poses-challenge-for-hong-kongs-columbarium-operators\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T08:42:14","slug":"new-licensing-law-poses-challenge-for-hong-kongs-columbarium-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-licensing-law-poses-challenge-for-hong-kongs-columbarium-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"New licensing law poses challenge for Hong Kong\u2019s columbarium operators"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe recent enactment of the Private Columbaria Ordinance will bring wholesale changes to a traditional business which has not been properly regulated in the past hundred years.
\nUnder the new law, which came into effect on June 30 to enhance consumer protection, all private columbarium operators have to obtain a licence or a waiver from the government to sell or let out new niches.
\nColumbaria are structures divided into niches for people to store urns containing the ashes of their deceased loved…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…New licensing law poses challenge for Hong Kong\u2019s columbarium operators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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