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Hong Kong Festivals 2009
The first day of January 1 Jan
Chinese New Year of the Ox 26 Jan
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year 27 Jan
The third day of the Lunar New Year 28 Jan
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 9 Feb
Ching Ming Festival 4 Apr
Good Friday 10 Apr
The day following Good Friday 11 Apr
Easter Monday 13 Apr
Birthday of Tin Hau 18 Apr
May day 1 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival 2 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 28 May
Hong Kong Special Admin-istrative Region Establ-ishment Day 1 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 14 Aug
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 26 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 2 Sep
Confucius' Birthday/ Teacher's Day 15 Oct
Chinese National Day 1 Oct
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 3 Oct
Chung Yeung Festival 26 Oct
Winter Solstice 22 Dec
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

   

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Festivals and Public Holidays 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.  If SARS doesn't come back in 2004, international dragon boat races will be resumed.  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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