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Hong Kong Holidays/ Festivals 2012
The first day of January 1 Jan
Chinese New Year of the Dragon 23 Jan
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Che Kung's Birthday 24 Jan
The third day of the Lunar New Year 25 Jan
Spring Lantern Festival/Chinese Valentine's Day 6 Feb
Ching Ming Festival 4 Apr
Good Friday 6 Apr
The day following Good Friday 7 Apr
Easter Monday 9 Apr
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival 28 Apr
Labour day 1 May
Birthday of Tin Hau 13 Apr
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 23 Jun
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 Jul
The day following HKSAR Establishment Day 2 Jul
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 11 Aug
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 23 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 30 Aug
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day 28 Sept
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival  30 Sep evening
The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 1 Oct
National Day 1 Oct
Chung Yeung Festival 23 Oct
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

 

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Festivals, Public Holidays and Events in Hong Kong

This is a list of holidays in Hong Kong.  All government offices and banks close on public holidays.  Beware of the Chinese New Year because most shops and restaurants close for a few days or a week. (Please refer to Chinese New Year page for more detail) 

Besides Chinese New Year, Mid Autumn Festival, Cheung Chau Bun Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are the ones with more characteristics.  Try the moon cakes and walk around with a candle lit lantern on Mid Autumn Festival day.  International dragon boat races are held every year.  Cheung Chau Bun Festival is celebrated locally on Cheung Chau, a small outlying island of HK.  Marvelous procession attracts tens of thousands locals and tourists each year to this fishing village.

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