The Hong Kong government respects many cultures & religions so tries to encompass them into the public holidays each year.
9 March 2014
| Last updated on 11 December 2017
The public holidays are gazetted for the public anually and can be found on the Hong Kong government website. The 2015 general holidays have been gazetted, however the holidays for 2016 have been estimated, and will remain an estimate until the government gazette of the dates is published.
Hong Kong Public Holidays 2015
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Day |
Date |
Holiday |
Comments |
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Thursday |
1st January |
New Years Day |
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Thursday |
19th February |
Chinese New Year |
1st day of the 1st lunar month |
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Friday |
20th February |
Chinese New Year |
2nd day of the 1st lunar month |
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Friday |
3rd April |
Good Friday |
Catholic or Protestant |
|
Saturday |
4th April |
Ching Ming Fetival |
Tomb Sweeping Day or Mourning Day |
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Monday |
6th April |
Ching Ming Holiday |
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Tuesday |
7th April |
Easter Monday Holiday |
Catholic or Protestant |
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Friday |
1st May |
Labour Day |
May Day |
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Monday |
25th May |
The Buddhas Birthday |
8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese lunar calendar |
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Saturday |
20th June |
Dragon Boat Festival |
Tuen Ng Festival |
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Wednesday |
1st July |
Special Administration Region (SAR) Day |
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Monday |
28th September |
Late mid-Autumn Festival |
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Thursday |
1st October |
National Day |
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Wednesday |
21st October |
Chung Yeung Festival |
Double Ninth Festival/Dual-Yang Festival |
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Friday |
25th December |
Christmas Day |
Catholic or Protestant |
|
Saturday |
26th December |
Boxing Day |
Family Day |
* According to Hong Kong laws, when a public holiday falls on a Sunday or on the same day of another holiday, the immediate following weekday would be a public holiday
** 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
Hong Kong Public Holidays 2016
|
Day |
Date |
Holiday |
Comments |
|
Friday |
1st January |
New Years Day |
|
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Monday |
8th February |
Chinese New Year |
1st day of the 1st lunar month |
|
Tuesday |
9th February |
Chinese New Year |
2nd day of the 1st lunar month |
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Friday |
25th March |
Good Friday |
Catholic or Protestant |
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Monday |
28th March |
Easter Monday |
Catholic or Protestant |
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Saturday |
2nd April |
Ching Ming Fetival |
Tomb Sweeping Day or Mourning Day |
|
Sunday |
1st May |
Labour Day |
May Day |
|
Saturday |
14th May |
The Buddhas Birthday |
8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese lunar calendar |
|
Thursday |
9th June |
Dragon Boat Festival |
Tuen Ng Festival |
|
Friday |
1st July |
Special Administration Region (SAR) Day |
|
|
Friday |
16th September |
Day after mid-Autumn Festival |
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Saturday |
1st October |
National Day |
|
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Monday |
10th October |
Chung Yeung Festival |
Double Ninth Festival/Dual-Yang Festival |
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Sunday |
25th December |
Christmas Day |
Catholic or Protestant |
|
Monday |
26th December |
Boxing Day |
Family Day |
|
Tuesday |
27th December |
Christmas Holiday |
in lieu of Christmas Day |
