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The list of Macau bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, 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 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

 
At the bottom of this page:   Recent News and Updates    Background Information    Footnotes    Disclaimer
 

Date in 2010

Holiday Name Observance*
Fri New Year's Day (Fraternidade Universal)
Sun Lunar New Year (Novo Ano Lunar)
Mon Lunar New Year Holiday
Tue Lunar New Year Holiday
Wed Lunar New Year Holiday
Fri Good Friday
Sat Holy Saturday
* Sun Easter Christian
Mon Cheng Ming (Tomb Sweeping Day)
* Tue Ching Ming Festival Bank Holiday Banks
Sat Labour Day
Fri The Buddha's Birthday (Dia do Buda)
Wed Tung Ng (Dragon Boat Festival)
* Thu July Bank Holiday Banks
Thu Chong Chao (Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday)
Fri PRC National Day
Sat PRC National Day Holiday
Sat Chong Yeong (Ancestors' Day)
Tue All Souls' Day (Dia de Finados)
Wed Immaculate Conception
Mon Macau SARE Day
* Wed Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) (except banks) Gov+Pvt
Fri Christmas Eve
Sat Christmas Day (Natal)
* Mon Chirstmas Bank Holiday Banks
* Fri New Year's Eve (afternoon) Afternoon

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Recent News and Updates

15 Apr 2010 (Portal do Governo da RAEM da República Popular da China-Macau) The government of the Macau SARE has announced the list of official Macau public holidays for the calendar year 2011.  31 Mar 2010 (Portal do Governo da RAEM-Macau) Macau's Chief Executive has announced 4 additional, one-off, public holidays (Special Grant for exempt from work by The Chief Executive) for 2011.  26 Oct 2009 (Portal do Governo da RAEM da República Popular da China-Macau) The Monetary Authority Of Macao (AMCM) announced the list of bank holidays specific to the banking and financial sectors of Macau.  20 Jul 2009 (Portal do Governo da RAEM da República Popular da China-Macau) The government of the Macau SARE has announced the list of official Macau public holidays for the calendar year 2010.  30 Jun 2009 (Portal do Governo da RAEM-Macau) Macau's Chief Executive has declared a one-off public holiday for Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  27 Mar 2009 (Portal do Governo da RAEM-Macau) Macau's Chief Executive has declared a one-off, half-day, public holiday for the afternoon of Friday, December 31, 2010.  16 May 2008 (Portal do Governo da RAEM da República Popular da China-Macau) The government of the Macau SARE has announced the list of official Macau public holidays for the calendar year 2009.  23 Apr 2008 (Portal do Governo da RAEM-Macau) Macau's Chief Executive has declared a one-off, half-day, public holiday for the afternoon of Thursday, December 31, 2009.  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.  04 Apr 2007 (Portal do Governo da RAEM da República Popular da China-Macau) The government of the Macau SARE has announced the list of official Macau public holidays for the calendar year 2008.  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.


Background Information

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).


Footnotes
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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 2010 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.



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