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Day before Chinese New Year 13 Feb
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Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 28 Feb
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Easter Monday and Ching Ming Festival / Qing Ming 5 Apr
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Birthday of Tin Hau 6 May
May day 1 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival 21 May
Tam Kung's Birthday+ 21 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 16 Jun
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 4 Aug
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 16 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 23 Aug
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day+ 4 Sep
Chinese National Day 1 Oct
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 22 Sep evening
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival 23 Sep
Monkey King Festival 23 Sep
Chung Yeung Festival 16 Oct
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Hong Kong 2012 Festival Calendar

This year is fast approaching and I need to get this calendar completed!  Check back soon when I will have included all the details on the dates from the lunar calendar as well as the official gazetted holidays for Hong Kong.

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

Notes: Gazetted holidays, e.g. the official public holidays decided by the Government of Hong Kong, have not yet been published for 2012; but it is possible to calculate most of them following the rules laid out in the Ordinance.

See also  Festivals 2011 and Festivals 2013

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