In a bid to cut coronavirus risks, about 60 private columbariums in a Hong Kong district will centralise people’s offerings to their ancestors and burn them in a funeral parlour to avoid large crowds gathering during the Ching Ming Festival.The joint effort by columbarium operators in Hung Hom along with other crowd-control measures by local cemeteries came as Hong Kong health officials urged people to pay their tributes online or sweep graves in non-peak periods.Unlike mainland Chinese cities…
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