Parents find solace at Hong Kong's 'Forever Love' crematorium

Hong Kong: Behind the doors of a terracotta pink building with sloping arches is a facility unlike any other in Hong Kong the city s sole crematori...

Hong Kong: Behind the doors of a terracotta-pink building with sloping arches is a facility unlike any other in Hong Kong -- the city's sole crematorium where bereaved parents can say goodbye to their unborn babies.

Launched in 2022, the Home of Forever Love provides free cremations for foetuses of less than 24 weeks' gestation.

Greenery fans across the facility's curved, geometric architecture -- a stark contrast to the rocky cemetery located next door -- while a trail leads to a garden where the ashes can be scattered.

"The first mission... is to ease the pain" of families for the farewell ceremony, said Benny Lee, co-founding director of BREADstudio, which designed the building that houses the crematorium.

The cremation process mimics a familiar bedtime ritual, he said.