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Hong Kong Festivals 2008
New Years Day 1 Jan
Chinese New Year 7 Feb
The 2nd day of the Chinese Lunar New Year 8 Feb
The third day of the Lunar New Year 9 Feb
Spring Lantern Festival 21 Feb
Chinese Groundhog Day 5 Mar
Good Friday 21 Mar
The day following Good Friday 22 Mar
Easter Monday 24 Mar
Kwun Yum's Birthday 26 Mar
Ching Ming 4 Apr
Birthday of Tin Hau 28 Apr
May day / Labour Day 1 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival 12 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 8 June
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July
The day following Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 2 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday  
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 7 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Laan 15 Aug
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 14 Sep
The day following Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 19 Sep
Confucius' Birthday 26 Sep
National Day 1 Oct
Chung Yeung Festival 7 Oct
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

   

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Hong Kong 2009 Festival Calendar

Not all dates have not all been set yet but will be updated as more information becomes available.  All these days are public holidays - e.g. banks and offices closed -- unless noted otherwise.

Festival Date in 2009 Notes
The first day of January 1 Jan Thursday (so you can bet lots of people take Friday off to have a long weekend!)
Chinese New Year of the Ox/Cow 26 Jan Mon
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year 27 Jan Tue
The third day of the Lunar New Year 28 Jan Wed
Spring Lantern Festival 9 Feb Mon - not a public holiday
Ching Ming Festival 4 Apr Sat - a public holiday but most people wouldn't be working anyway so a "wasted holiday"
Good Friday 10 Apr Fri
Easter Monday 13 Apr Mon
May day 1 May Fri
Birthday of Tin Hau    
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival 2 May Sat - see note for 4 Apr!
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 28 May Sunday
The day following Tuen Ng 29 May Mon - will be a public holidays
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July Wed
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday    
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 26 Aug Wed - not a public holiday
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Laan 2 Sep  
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 3 Sep or maybe 19 Sep, not sure yet Currently not clear on this one.  The festival is in the evening and the public holiday is the day after the festival unless the festival is a Sat in which case the day itself is the public holiday.
National Day 1 Oct Thu
Confucius' Birthday 15 Oct Thu - not a public holiday
Chung Yeung Festival 26 Oct Monday
Winter Solstice 22 Dec Thu - not a public holiday
Christmas Day 25 Dec Friday
Additional general holiday for Christmas Day 26 Dec Mon

Notes: Gazetted holidays, e.g. the official public holidays decided by the Government of Hong Kong, have not yet been published for 2009; but it is possible to calculate most of them following the rules laid out in the Ordinance.  Similarly the Chinese Festivals which depend on the Lunar Calendar can also be calculated in advance which I have done here where possible.

See also Festivals 2008 and Festivals 2010

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