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The following list of general holidays for 2016 is gazetted today (May 8) for public information:
Every Sunday Sunday
The first day of January January 1 Friday
Lunar New Year's Day February 8 Monday
The second day of ¡@ February 9 Tuesday
Lunar New Year
The third day of February 10 Wednesday
Lunar New Year
Good Friday March 25 Friday
The day following March 26 Saturday
Good Friday
Easter Monday March 28 Monday
Ching Ming Festival April 4 Monday
The day following May 2 ¡@ Monday
the Labour Day
The Birthday of May 14 Saturday
the Buddha
Tuen Ng Festival June 9 Thursday
Hong Kong Special July 1 Friday
Administrative Region
Establishment Day
The day following September 16 Friday
the Chinese Mid-Autumn
Festival
National Day October 1 Saturday
The day following October 10 Monday
the Chung Yeung Festival
The first weekday December 26 Monday
after Christmas Day
The second weekday December 27 Tuesday
after Christmas Day
"As both the Labour Day and the Chung Yeung Festival in 2016 fall on a Sunday, the day following them is designated as a general holiday in substitution; and as Christmas Day in 2016 falls on a Sunday, the second weekday after Christmas Day is designated as a general holiday in substitution," said a Government spokesman.
Ends/Friday, May 8, 2015
Issued at HKT 12:15
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