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Public holidays in Hong Kong Wikipedia

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Public holiday|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
Every Sunday		所有星期日
January 1	The first weekday of January (New Year's Day)	元旦
1st day of 1st month (Chinese calendar|Lunar)	Chinese New Year|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 preceeding Easter	The day following Good Friday	耶穌受難節翌日
Day after Easter	Easter Easter Monday|Monday	復活節星期一
May 1	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
July 1	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day	香港特別行政區成立紀念日
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
October 1	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
December 25	Christmas Day	聖誕節
December 26	The first weekday after Christmas Day	聖誕節後第一個周日	Also called Boxing Day

Under United Kingdom|British rule, the Queen's Birthday|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.

Last Modified:   2005-04-13