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General holidays for 2003 published

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The following list of general holidays for 2003 is gazetted today (April 12) for public information: 

 
 Every Sunday                                  Sunday
 The first day of January            1 Jan     Wednesday
 Lunar New Year's Day                1 Feb     Saturday
 The second day of the Lunar        31 Jan     Friday
 New Year
 The third day of the Lunar          3 Feb     Monday
 New Year
 Ching Ming Festival                 5 Apr     Saturday
 Good Friday                        18 Apr     Friday
 The day following Good Friday      19 Apr     Saturday
 Easter Monday                      21 Apr     Monday
 Labour Day                          1 May     Thursday
 The Buddha's Birthday               8 May     Thursday
 Tuen Ng Festival                    4 June    Wednesday
 Hong Kong Special Administrative    1 July    Tuesday
 Region Establishment Day
 The day following Chinese          12 Sep    Friday
 Mid-Autumn Festival
 National Day                        1 Oct    Wednesday
 Chung Yeung Festival                4 Oct    Saturday
 Christmas Day                      25 Dec    Thursday
 The first weekday after            26 Dec    Friday
 Christmas Day
"As the second day of the Lunar New Year falls on a Sunday, the day preceding the Lunar New Year's Day will be designated as an additional general holiday" said a Government spokesman.

End/Friday, April 12, 2002

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