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The following list of general holidays for 2015 is gazetted today (April 25) for public information:
Every Sunday Sunday
The first day of January January 1 Thursday
Lunar New Year's Day February 19 Thursday
The second day of February 20 Friday
Lunar New Year
The third day of February 21 Saturday
Lunar New Year
Good Friday April 3 Friday
The day following April 4 Saturday
Good Friday
The day following April 6 Monday
Ching Ming Festival
The day following April 7 Tuesday
Easter Monday
Labour Day May 1 Friday
The Birthday of May 25 Monday
the Buddha
Tuen Ng Festival June 20 Saturday
Hong Kong Special July 1 Wednesday
Administrative Region
Establishment Day
The day following September 28 Monday
the Chinese Mid-Autumn
Festival
National Day October 1 Thursday
Chung Yeung Festival October 21 Wednesday
Christmas Day December 25 Friday
The first weekday December 26 Saturday
after Christmas Day
"As Ching Ming Festival in 2015 falls on a Sunday, the following day will be designated as a general holiday in substitution. However, as the day following Ching Ming Festival and Easter Monday fall on the same day, the next following day that is not itself a general holiday will be observed as an additional general holiday," said a Government spokesman.
Ends/Friday, April 25, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:03
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