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The following list of general holidays for 2013 is gazetted today (April 27) for public information:
Every Sunday Sunday
The first day of January January 1 Tuesday
The second day of February 11 Monday
Lunar New Year
The third day of February 12 Tuesday
Lunar New Year
The fourth day of February 13 Wednesday
Lunar New Year
Good Friday March 29 Friday
The day following March 30 Saturday
Good Friday
Easter Monday April 1 Monday
Ching Ming Festival April 4 Thursday
Labour Day May 1 Wednesday
The Birthday of May 17 Friday
the Buddha
Tuen Ng Festival June 12 Wednesday
Hong Kong Special July 1 Monday
Administrative Region
Establishment Day
The day following the September 20 Friday
Chinese Mid-Autumn
Festival
National Day October 1 Tuesday
The day following October 14 Monday
Chung Yeung Festival
Christmas Day December 25 Wednesday
The first weekday December 26 Thursday
after Christmas Day
"According to the new arrangement under the General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays)(Amendment) Ordinance 2011, when either Lunar New Year's Day, the second day of Lunar New Year or the third day of Lunar New Year falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of Lunar New Year is designated as a statutory and general holiday in substitution. As Lunar New Year's Day in 2013 falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of Lunar New Year will be designated as a holiday in substitution. Under the new arrangement, employees working on a Monday
-to-Friday basis will benefit because their statutorily provided holiday in substitution will not overlap with their Saturday day off. For other employees working on a five-and-a-half-day week basis with half day off on Saturday, they can also benefit from the new substitution arrangement. As a result, many employees will be able to enjoy a longer Lunar New Year holiday in 2013.
"Separately, as Chung Yeung Festival in 2013 falls on a Sunday, the following day will be designated as an additional general holiday," said a government spokesman.
Ends/Friday, April 27, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:33
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