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GENERAL HOLIDAYS ORDINANCE - SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
Remarks:
31 December 1999 was appointed as an additional general holiday under section 6(1) of this Ordinance (see L.N. 191 of 1999).
[sections 3 & 6]
GENERAL HOLIDAYS
(a) every Sunday;
(b) the first day of January (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(c) Lunar New Year's Day (or if that day is a Sunday, then the day preceding Lunar New Year's Day);
(d) the second day of Lunar New Year (or if that day is a Sunday, then the day preceding Lunar New Year's Day);
(e) the third day of Lunar New Year (or if that day is a Sunday, then the day preceding Lunar New Year's Day);
(f) Ching Ming Festival (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(g) Good Friday;
(h) the day following Good Friday;
(i) Easter Monday;
(j) Labour Day, being the first day of May (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(k) the Birthday of the Buddha, being the eighth day of the fourth lunar month (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(l) Tuen Ng Festival (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(m) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day, being the first day of July (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(n) National Day, being the first day of October (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day);
(o) the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (or if that day is a Sunday, then the day of that Festival) or such other day as the Chief Executive in Council may, by order in the Gazette, appoint in place of that day;
(p) Chung Yeung Festival (or if that day is a Sunday, then the following day) or such other day as the Chief Executive in Council may, by order in the Gazette, appoint in place of that day;
(q) Christmas Day (or if that day is a Sunday, then the second weekday after Christmas Day);
(r) the first weekday after Christmas Day.(Replaced 35 of 1998 s. 4)