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The following list of general holidays for 2005 is gazetted today (April 2) for public information:

Every Sunday                                Sunday
 The first day of January          1 Jan     Saturday
 Lunar New Year's Day              9 Feb     Wednesday
 The second day of the Lunar       10 Feb    Thursday
 New Year
 The third day of the Lunar        11 Feb    Friday
 New Year
 Good Friday                       25 Mar    Friday
 The day following Good Friday     26 Mar    Saturday
 Easter Monday                     28 Mar    Monday
 Ching Ming Festival               5 Apr     Tuesday
 Additional general holiday
 for Labour Day                    2 May     Monday
 Additional general holiday
 for the Buddha's Birthday         16 May    Monday
 Tuen Ng Festival                  11 June   Saturday
 Hong Kong Special Administrative  1 July    Friday
 Region Establishment Day
 The day following Chinese         19 Sept   Monday
 Mid-Autumn Festival
 National Day                      1 Oct     Saturday
 Chung Yeung Festival              11 Oct    Tuesday
 The first weekday after           26 Dec    Monday
 Christmas Day
 Additional general holiday
 for Christmas Day                 27 Dec    Tuesday

"As the Labour Day and the Buddha's Birthday in 2005 fall on Sunday, the days following will be designated as the additional general holidays. Also, as the Christmas Day in 2005 falls on a Sunday, the second weekday after Christmas Day will be designated as an additional general holiday," said a Government spokesman.

Ends/Friday, April 2, 2004

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