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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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Fake monks and nuns

In 2002, fake monks were found around touristy areas. They mostly dress up in yellowish brown Buddhist monk outfit with a cloth bag on the shoulder.  Some of them stand by the road and pretend to pray but can't help peeking and lurking.  Some go to each table in the restaurant to ask for money.   Some simply follow the targets and ask for money.  Just ignore them and keep walking. 

A real Buddhist monk will stand there praying quietly and they won't ask directly for money.  But in practice you won't find many real road-side monks, those are mostly in Thailand, not Hong Kong.

In Nov 2003, fake nuns were still seen.

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