General Holidays in Hong Kong in 2018

17 October 2018 This National holiday is Today!. The festival, otherwise known as Autumn Remembrance, has been celebrated on the ninth d...

25 December 2018 This National holiday is in 69 days. The day celebrates the Nativity of Jesus, the date which according to tradition took pl...

26 December 2018 This National holiday is in 70 days. The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was...

Day	Date	Holiday	Comments
Monday	January 01	The first day of January
Friday	February 16	Lunar New Year's Day
Monday	February 19	The fourth day of Lunar New Year
Friday	March 30	Good Friday
Saturday	March 31	The day following Good Friday
Monday	April 02	Easter Monday
Thursday	April 05	Ching Ming Festival	Tomb Sweeping Day or Mourning Day
Tuesday	May 01	Labour Day	May Day
Tuesday	May 22	The Buddha's Birthday	8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese lunar calendar
Monday	June 18	Dragon Boat Festival	Tuen Ng Festival
Monday	July 02	Special Administration Region (SAR) Day Holiday	Weekday after Jul 1st
Tuesday	September 25	Day after mid Autumn festival
Monday	October 01	National Day	National Day
Wednesday	October 17	Chung Yeung Festival	Double Ninth Festival /Dual-Yang Festival
Tuesday	December 25	Christmas Day
Wednesday	December 26	The first weekday after Christmas Day	Family Day

National Holiday

According to Hong Kong laws, when a designated public holiday falls on a Sunday or on the same day of another holiday, the immediate following weekday would be a public holiday.
If either Lunar (Chinese) New Year 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.

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