***********************************
The following list of general holidays for 2014 is gazetted today (April 19) for public information:
Every Sunday Sunday
The first day of January January 1 Wednesday
Lunar New Year's Day January 31 Friday
The second day of February 1 Saturday
Lunar New Year
The fourth day of February 3 Monday
Lunar New Year
Ching Ming Festival April 5 Saturday
Good Friday April 18 Friday
The day following April 19 Saturday
Good Friday
Easter Monday April 21 Monday
Labour Day May 1 Thursday
The Birthday of May 6 Tuesday
the Buddha
Tuen Ng Festival June 2 Monday
Hong Kong Special July 1 Tuesday
Administrative Region
Establishment Day
The day following the September 9 Tuesday
Chinese Mid-Autumn
Festival
National Day October 1 Wednesday
Chung Yeung Festival October 2 Thursday
Christmas Day December 25 Thursday
The first weekday December 26 Friday
after Christmas Day
"According to the Employment Ordinance and General Holidays Ordinance, when either Lunar New Year's Day, the second day of Lunar New Year or the third day of Lunar New Year falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of Lunar New Year is designated as a statutory and general holiday in substitution. As the third day of the Lunar New Year of 2014 falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of Lunar New Year will be designated as a holiday in substitution," said a government spokesman.
Ends/Friday, April 19, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:15
NNNN
