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That's what I meant. I didn't expect it to mean my headstone etc would be provided, just that I could actually use it.
Now I find this strange.. In Polemi it is an opt out scheme if that is what you want. I did have to write a letter to that effect and take it to the council offices.WHL wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:57 am We paid a cemetery tax for a number of years, this is usually for upkeep or buying land for a new cemetery,..as Trev has said, it allows you to be buried there, but the plot etc is extra.....I did refuse to pay for some months my argument being, I wanted to be shipped back to London, when the day comes,the local council even send a young lady round to my house to talk some sense into me before they prosecuted me, basically she was very polite, and explained it wasn't an opt out scheme, just like you pay for a library, you pay whether you use it or not....I paid up .
Im over in the East Trev...had the council lady sat on my settee, and she showed me documents that the council were ready to prosecute me and take it to court.trevnhil wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:24 amNow I find this strange.. In Polemi it is an opt out scheme if that is what you want. I did have to write a letter to that effect and take it to the council offices.WHL wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:57 am We paid a cemetery tax for a number of years, this is usually for upkeep or buying land for a new cemetery,..as Trev has said, it allows you to be buried there, but the plot etc is extra.....I did refuse to pay for some months my argument being, I wanted to be shipped back to London, when the day comes,the local council even send a young lady round to my house to talk some sense into me before they prosecuted me, basically she was very polite, and explained it wasn't an opt out scheme, just like you pay for a library, you pay whether you use it or not....I paid up .
Trev..
It's the difference between wanting to be cremated and wanting to build a crematorium.WHL wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:14 am On a side note, people were rightly campaigning for the right to build a crematorium here in Cyprus, I think its been approved now, just a matter of funding, my question is, if we were to believe what was being said, about the large amount of people requesting this service, then why has no one stepped forward and put their money where their mouth is?
Just spoke to my Cypriot neighbor who is a Church goer and is involved with the Church, and he tells me as long as someone is of the Christian faith, then there isn't a problem about being buried in the cemetery, the cemeteries are now run by the local councils, and have to set some space aside for foreigners.
It is a bit of a niche market though. I'm sure not everybody would want to run a crematorium.WHL wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:22 am Dominic my question is, .the people who have been campaigning for this, have always said that there is a big demand for cremation, so why have no
business entrepreneurs jumped on this?,surely it could be a big opportunity for someone, or have people looked into it and there isnt such a big demand for cremation as thought.
On the contrary..Crematoriums back in the UK are a multi million pound business, with many large private company's involved...if anyone thinks the Cypriot Government is going to fund a crematorium in Cyprus, its just not going to happen, they should immediately, issue licences to company's who are fit and proper to finance and run such an enterprise with out delay, I still have my doubts that there will be enough custom to make this viable.Hudswell wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 1:47 pmI actually do not think the "business" of cremation is an entrepreneurial thing and rather than waiting for a "backer" the Government should take the initiative and build, licence and run a facility. Crematoriums in the UK are tightly regulated and controlled and most, if not all, are authorised by local councils. I suspect, although authorised, there is still an amount of reluctance on behalf of the Government and more importantly the church to provide this much needed facility...having attended a couple of "Non Orthodox" funerals now in Cyprus I must admit although the services have been extremely sympathetic, I have been less than impressed with the state of the "plots"WHL wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:22 am Dominic my question is, .the people who have been campaigning for this, have always said that there is a big demand for cremation, so why have no
business entrepreneurs jumped on this?,surely it could be a big opportunity for someone, or have people looked into it and there isnt such a big demand for cremation as thought.