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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Macau

The list of Macau bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2009, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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26 Oct 2009 (Macau Government Tourist Office-Macau) The government of the Macau SARE has announced the list of official Macau public holidays for the calendar year 2010. • 01 Apr 2008 (The Macau Daily Times) It has been reported by Jose Pereira Coutinho, a lawmaker close to the Secretary for Administration and Justice, that the government of Macau will declare this Thursday, April 3, 2008, as a one-off public holiday for civil servants. • 15 Mar 2007 (Macau Governmenr Website) Macau's Chief Executive has announced 2 additional half-day public holidays for 2008, on the eves of both the Western and the Lunar New Years. • 28 Dec 1999 (RDP Antena 1 Radio-Lisbon) The new Chinese administration of Macau has decided to retain a number of Portuguese public holidays for the calendar year 2000. • 19 Sep 1998 (People's Daily Online-Beijing) December 20, 1999, the date when Macau becomes an administrative region of China, has been declared a public holiday in Macau, as per the recently released "Press Communique on the Second Plenary Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Macao Special Administrative Region". • 04 Aug 1998 (Xinhua News Agency-Beijing) The Preparatory Committee of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the National People's Congress has ended a two-day meeting in which the group discussed the arrangement for public holidays in Macao in the year 2000, the first year after Macao's return to China. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Macau public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The official public holidays in Macau are regulated by the Ordem Executiva n.º 60/2000 (Define os feriados na Região Administrativa Especial de Macau) which replaced the previous Decreto-Lei nº7/97/M - (Estabelece o regime da tolerância de ponto e da fixação dos dias feriados). • Bank Holidays: Banks in Macau may be open to the public on some of the official public holidays, depending on the years and the weekday on which specific holidays occur for a given year. • For example, in 2007 the Macau Bank Holiday Schedule listed the 2nd day of the PRC National Day holiday as a day when the bank was open, Tuesday, October 2nd. • In 2006, when October 2nd was a Monday, the bank was closed. • Also, in 2007, the Macau Bank was listed as being open on Immaculate Conception Day, December 8, a Saturday. When it was on a Friday in 2006, the bank was listed as closed. • Dongzhi (Winter Solstice): When Dongzhi falls on a Mon-Fri weekday, banks are open. • Macau International Codes MO and MAC (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .mo (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Macau information and news: Monetary Authority of Macao (Macau central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Macau maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Macau), and Wikipedia (includes Macau commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Macau, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2009 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Macau, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Macau, before planning any trip to Macau. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.