Public and statutory holidays

1. General information

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. An employee having been employed under a continuous contract for not less than 3 months is entitled to the holiday pay which is equivalent to the daily average wages earned by the employee in the 12-month period preceding the holiday.

2. Statutory holidays in 2009

The first day of January	1 January
Lunar New Year's Day	26 January
The second day of the Lunar New Year	27 January
The third day of the Lunar New Year	28 January
Ching Ming Festival	4 April
Labour Day	1 May
Tuen Ng Festival	28 May
HKSAR Establishment Day	1 July
National Day	1 October
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	3 October
Chung Yeung Festival	26 October
Chinese Winter Solstice Festival	22 December
Christmas Day	25 December

3. General holidays in 2009

Every Sunday
The first day of January	1 January
Lunar New Year's Day	26 January
The second day of the Lunar New Year	27 January
The third day of the Lunar New Year	28 January
Ching Ming Festival	4 April
Good Friday	10 April
The day following Good Friday	11 April
Easter Monday	13 April
Labour Day	1 May
The Buddha's Birthday	2 May
Tuen Ng Festival	28 May
HKSAR Establishment Day	1 July
The day after Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	15 September
National Day	1 October
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	3 October
Chung Yeung Festival	26 October
Christmas Day	25 December
The first weekday after Christmas Day	26 December