The following list of general holidays for 2026 is gazetted today (May 16) for public information:
 

Every Sunday		Sunday
The first day of January	January 1	Thursday
Lunar New Year's Day	February 17	Tuesday
The second day of Lunar New Year	February 18	Wednesday
The third day of Lunar New Year	February 19	Thursday
Good Friday	April 3	Friday
The day following Good Friday	April 4	Saturday
The day following Ching Ming Festival	April 6	Monday
The day following Easter Monday	April 7	Tuesday
Labour Day	May 1	Friday
The day following the Birthday of the Buddha	May 25	Monday
Tuen Ng Festival	June 19	Friday
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day	July 1	Wednesday
The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	September 26	Saturday
National Day	October 1	Thursday
The day following Chung Yeung Festival	October 19	Monday
Christmas Day	December 25	Friday
The first weekday after Christmas Day	December 26	Saturday

 
     A Government spokesman said, "As the Ching Ming Festival in 2026 falls on a Sunday, the following day will be designated as a general holiday in substitution. In this connection, as the day following the Ching Ming Festival falls on Easter Monday, the next day that is not itself a general holiday will be observed as an additional general holiday. Moreover, as the Birthday of the Buddha and the Chung Yeung Festival in 2026 both fall on a Sunday, the day following them will be designated as a general holiday in substitution."

Ends/Friday, May 16, 2025
Issued at HKT 11:00

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