Public holidays in Hong Kong
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General holidays in Hong Kong are times when Hong Kong workers get rest from their work, in conjunction with special occasions. They were set by the General Holidays Ordinance.
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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| Every Sunday | 所有星期日 | ||
| 1 January | The first weekday of January (New Year's Day) | 元旦 | |
| 1st day of 1st month (Lunar) | Lunar New Year's Day | 農曆年初一 | Usually in late January or early February Most important holiday |
| 2nd day of 1st moon (Lunar) | The second day of the Lunar New Year | 農曆年初二 | |
| 3rd day of 1st moon (Lunar) | The third day of the Lunar New Year | 農曆年初三 | |
| Around April 5, at solar longitude 15 degrees | Ching Ming Festival | 清明節 | About 15 days after Vernal Equinox >Day for paying respect to the deceased |
| 2 days before Easter (see Computus) | Good Friday | 耶穌受難節 | |
| Day preceding Easter | The day following Good Friday | 耶穌受難節翌日 | |
| Day after Easter | Easter Monday | 復活節星期一 | |
| 1 May | Labour Day | 勞動節 | |
| 8th day of 4th moon (Lunar) | The Buddha's Birthday | 佛誕 | Usually in May New holiday established in 1998; general not statutory |
| 5th day of 5th moon (Lunar) | Dragon Boat Festival (Tuen Ng Festival) | 端午節 | Usually in June Day for patriotic remembrance, eating cakes and dragon boat races |
| 1 July | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day | 香港特別行政區成立紀念日 | Day for protests against the government. |
| 16th day of 8th moon (Lunar) | The day following the Mid-Autumn Festival | 中秋節翌日 | Usually in September Important autumn holiday for harvest and family gathering with eating of moon cakes and moon sightseeing |
| 1 October | PRC's National Day | 國慶日 | |
| 9th day of 9th moon (Lunar) | Chung Yeung Festival | 重陽節 | Usually in October Day for honouring the elderly, the deceased and for climbing mountains |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | 聖誕節 | |
| 26 December | The first weekday after Christmas Day | 聖誕節後第一個周日 | Also called Boxing Day |
Under British rule, the Queen's Official Birthday was a public holiday in the second Monday in June, but was replaced by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day after the handover to China. Commonwealth Day used to be a school holiday. Dr Sun Yat Sen's birthday anniversary is a school holiday. The Sino-Japanese War Victory Anniversary ("the Saturday preceding the last Monday in August" and "Liberation Day, being the last Monday in August" (重光紀念日) before the handover was a public holiday, before being replaced by the Labour Day and the PRC National Day.
According to Hong Kong laws, if a designated public holiday falls on a Sunday or on the same day of another holiday, the immediate following weekday would be a public holiday. However, there are exceptions; for example, as Lunar New Year 2007 falls on a Sunday (February 18th), the government have designated the Saturday directly before (February 17th) as a public holiday. [1]
