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The following list of general holidays for 2006 is gazetted today (April 15) for public information:

  Every Sunday                                                       Sunday
  The day following the first day of January                2 Jan    Monday
  The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day                   28 Jan    Saturday
  The second day of the Lunar New Year                     30 Jan    Monday
  The third day of the Lunar New Year                      31 Jan    Tuesday
  Ching Ming Festival                                       5 Apr    Wednesday
  Good Friday	                                           14 Apr    Friday
  The day following Good Friday                            15 Apr    Saturday
  Easter Monday                                            17 Apr    Monday
  Labour Day                                                1 May    Monday
  The Buddha's Birthday                                     5 May    Friday
  Tuen Ng Festival                                         31 May    Wednesday
  Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July   Saturday
  The day following National Day                            2 Oct    Monday
  The day following Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival             7 Oct    Saturday
  Chung Yeung Festival                                     30 Oct    Monday
  Christmas Day                                            25 Dec    Monday  
  The first weekday after Christmas Day                    26 Dec    Tuesday

    "As the first day of January and National Day in 2006 both fall on a Sunday, the days following will be designated as the additional general holidays," a government spokesman said.  

    "In addition, the day preceding Lunar New Year's day will be designated as an additional general holiday as the Lunar New Year's Day in 2006 falls on a Sunday," the spokesman said.

Ends/Friday, April 15, 2005

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