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Hong Kong bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, 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.

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29 Apr 2012 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its official list of 2013 calendar year public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong. • 26 Dec 2011 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has gazetted the General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays) (Amendment) Bill 2011 which was recently-approved by the Hong Kong Legislative Council and which change change the day in lieu substituted when certain Hong Kong non-working public holidays fall on a Sunday. • 15 Dec 2011 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Legislative Council has voted to approve the recently-submitted General Holidays and Employment Legislation (Substitution of Holidays) (Amendment) Bill 2011 which to change the day in lieu substituted when certain non-working public holidays fall on a Sunday. • 10 Nov 2011 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has announced that it will gazette tomorrow an amendment to the manner in which the Lunar New Year and Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival non-working public holidays are determined. • 06 May 2011 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its official list of 2012 calendar year public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong. • 07 May 2010 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its official list of 2011 public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong. • 30 Mar 2010 (China Daily-Hong Kong Edition) Leung Tak-wah, the Vice-chairman of Hong Kong's Taoist Association has announced that, next week, he will petition the HKSAR government to declare Laozi's birthday a statutory public holiday in Hong Kong. • 15 Feb 2010 (RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong-Hong Kong) Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, has announced that he would discuss the need for a review of days-in-lieu for public holidays, with Labour and Welfare Secretary, Matthew Cheung. • 09 Jan 2010 (South China Morning Post-Hong Kong) Hong Kong lawmaker, Chan Kam-lam, has announced that he would move a Legislative Council motion next Wednesday demanding that the Hong Kong SAR government make Confucius' Birthday a new annual public holiday. • 25 Apr 2009 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its official list of 2010 public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Hong Kong 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: Official public holidays in Hong Kong are regulated by the General Holidays Ordinance (Chapter: 149, Gazette Number: 35 of 1998), which came into effect starting in 1999, and replaced or amended the Holidays Ordinance (1997 and 1998) Sections 2(2) and (3) and 3(1) and (2). (Cap. 534). • Statutory Holidays: The Employment Ordinance, Cap. 57 (Statutory Holidays) of Hong Kong's labour legislation earmarks 12 of the general public holidays as statutory holidays. This legislation, apart from specifying which holidays must be paid to employees, also mentions that employees have the option, in agreement with their employer, to choose between Christmas Day (December 25) and Dongzhi (Winter Solstice according to the Chinese Solar Calendar, around the 22nd of December) as one of their 12 statutory holidays, although Dongzhi is not one of the official public holidays in Hong Kong. • Ching Ming: The case of the Ching Ming public holiday, which can on occasion fall on the same date as one of the Easter-related holidays, is addressed by the 1998 General Holidays Ordinance. • Sunday is not a work day. Public holidays falling on a Sunday are generally moved to the following Monday. • Saturday is not an official day off; however, many companies give their employees the whole day or half a day off. • 2008 Olympics: Although, officially taking place in Beijing, a rash of equine diseases and substandard quarantine procedures in China forced Beijing to hand the equestrian events to Hong Kong, which has a well-established racing circuit. Hong Kong is planning to spend up to US$20 million to stir up Olympic fever, and is planning to set up two large television screens in parks on both sides of Hong Kong's harbor where people could follow the Beijing Games. • Hong Kong International Codes HK and HKG (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .hk (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Hong Kong information and news: Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Hong Kong central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Hong Kong maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Hong Kong), and Wikipedia (includes Hong Kong commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Hong Kong, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Hong Kong, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Hong Kong. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Hong Kong, 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 Hong Kong, before planning any trip to Hong Kong. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.