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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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Hong Kong 2011 Festival and Event Calendar

Just hope it's not too cold during Chinese New Year.  The cold weather has last for more than 3 weeks.  Never tried that before.  Normally it's cold for a few days and then warm up again, not weeks and weeks of 10 to 12C.  Hope summer come soon.

Festival Date in 2011 Public Holiday Notes  
The first day of January 1 Jan Y Sat
Chinese New Year Fair and Flower Market 28 Jan - 2 Feb E  
Chinese New Year of the Rabbit 3 Feb Y Thur
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Che Kung's Birthday

 4 Feb Y Fri
* public holiday because of CNY, not because of Tam Kung.
The third day of the Lunar New Year 5 Feb Y Sat
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 17 Feb N Thur
Chinese Groundhog Day   N on Excited Insect solar segment
Flower Show 11 - 20 Mar E  
Ching Ming Festival 5 Apr Y Tue
Good Friday 22 Apr Y Fri
The day following Good Friday 23 Apr Y Sat
Easter Monday

Birthday of Tin Hau

 25 Apr Y Mon
Labour day 1 May Y Sun
Day following Labour Day 2 May Y Mon
Buddha’s Birthday

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Tam Kung's Birthday

 10 May Y Tue
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 6 June Y Mon
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 Jul Y Fri
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 24 Jul Y* Sun
* public holiday because it's Sun
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 6 Aug N Sat
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 13 Aug N Sat
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day 24 Sep N Sat
Chinese National Day 1 Oct Y Sat
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 12 Sep - evening N Mon
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival

Monkey King Festival

 13 Sep Y Tue- this is the public holiday the day after the festival for people to sleep in!
Chung Yeung Festival 5 Oct Y Wed
Winter Solstice 22 Dec N Thur
Christmas Day 25 Dec Y Sun
Boxing Day 26 Dec Y Mon
Additional general holiday for Christmas Day 27 Dec Y Tue

Notes: Gazetted holidays, e.g. the official public holidays decided by the Government of Hong Kong, have not yet been published for 2011; but it is possible to calculate most of them following the rules laid out in the Ordinance.

See also  Festivals 2010 and Festivals 2012

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