From now on you can save time in adding public holidays to your electronic calendar!  1823 Online has prepared the Hong Kong Public Holidays calendar in iCal format for your use!iCal, short form of iCalendar, is a common file format used for sharing calendar data. iCal is compatible with most of the current calendar program.We currently provide data of HK public holidays for 2023-25. For new users, public holidays for 2023-25 will be shown in your calendar after subscribing to our iCal. For users who have already subscribed to our iCal, your mobile devices will automatically update the information of public holidays for 2022-24 to information of 2023-25 after synchronisation.>>>Click here to susbcribe Hong Kong Public Holiday iCal 2025 to your electronic calendar!A statutory holiday is not equivalent to public holidayAn employee, irrespective of his length of service, is entitled to the following statutory holidays. Please click here for details.The 14 statutory holidays for 2025 are:1.    The first day of January - 1 January (Wednesday)   2.    Lunar New Year's Day - 29 January (Wednesday)    3.    The second day of Lunar New Year - 30 January (Thursday)       4.    The third day of Lunar New Year - 31 January (Friday)  5.    Ching Ming Festival - 4 April (Friday)     6.    Labour Day - 1 May (Thursday)   7.    The Birthday of the Buddha - 5 May (Monday)    8.    Tuen Ng Festival - 31 May (Saturday)     9.    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day - 1 July (Tuesday)     10.  National Day - 1 October (Wednesday)     11.  The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival - 7 October (Tuesday)         12.  Chung Yeung Festival - 29 October (Wednesday)   13.  Chinese Winter Solstice Festival or Christmas Day (at the option of the employer) - 21 December (Sunday) or 25 December (Thursday)   14.  The first weekday after Christmas Day - 26 December (Friday)All employees are entitled to the above statutory holidays. If the statutory holiday falls on a rest day, a holiday should be granted on the day following the rest day which is not a statutory holiday or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day. Please visit the website of Labour Department for more details.All employees covered by the Employment Ordinance are entitled to statutory holidays. An employer must not make any form of payment to the employee in lieu of granting a holiday (except upon termination of employment contract). In other words, "buy-out" of a holiday is not allowed. An employer who fails to follow such restriction is liable to prosecution and, upon conviction, to a fine of $50,000. If the employer requires the employee to work on a statutory holiday, an alternative holiday or a substitute holiday must be arranged in accordance with the Employment Ordinance. For more details, please click here.