Funeral parlours are refusing to handle the bodies of Aids victims or allow relatives to hold services.
Fears of infection were cited as the reason for refusing to dress the bodies, although funeral home workers were apparently happy enough to deal with people killed by highly contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis.
The Equal Opportunities Commission said that as a result of the Post investigation it would approach all six funeral parlours and launch a formal inquiry if necessary. It said illegal discrimination seemed to be taking place.
Four privately-run homes said they would not take bodies infected with HIV because undertakers were scared by the 'extremely terrible disease'.
The other two funeral homes, run by a charity group, offered little more.
The International Funeral Parlour in Hunghom and Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour, run by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, will not provide a complete funeral for Aids patients, which generally includes make-up, religious mourning rituals, and public viewing.
Staff at the International Funeral Parlour said they could take a corpse from hospital to the crematorium, but relatives would have to pay $1,000 lai see on top of the $8,000 basic charge for the 'hardship'.