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The following list of general holidays for 2004 is gazetted today (April 4) for public information:

Every Sunday


The first day of January          1 Jan, Thursday


Lunar New Year's Day              22 Jan, Thursday


The second day of the             23 Jan, Friday
Lunar New Year                   


The third day of the Lunar       24 Jan, Saturday

New Year

Ching Ming Festival              5 Apr, Monday


Good Friday                      9 Apr, Friday


The day following Good Friday    10 Apr, Saturday


Easter Monday                    12 Apr, Monday


Labour Day                       1 May, Saturday


The Buddha's Birthday            26 May, Wednesday


Tuen Ng Festival                 22 June, Tuesday


Hong Kong Special Administrative 1 July, Thursday
Region Establishment Day    


The day following Chinese        29 Sept, Wednesday
Mid-Autumn Festival    


National Day                     1 Oct, Friday


Chung Yeung Festival             22 Oct, Friday


Christmas Day                    25 Dec, Saturday


The first weekday after          27 Dec, Monday
Christmas Day   

As the Ching Ming Festival in 2004 falls on a Sunday, the following day will be designated an additional general holiday.

End/Friday, April 4, 2003

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