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This will be the Year of the Monkey in the Luna Calendar! Watch out for plenty of Monkey-business, but the public holidays will still run according to schedule. As an ex British Colony, now part of China, and with a mix of English and Chinese influences the holiday and festival calendar is one of the busiest.
Public Holidays, are those gazzetted by the Hong Kong government and are a day off for schools, banks, offices and so on. Also known as Statuary Holidays they don’t effect retail, shops, restaurants or any shopping arcades or malls nor tourist attractions.
The various lunar calendar festivities such as Chinese New Year are on different days of the calendar each year, and in 2016 the CNY falls on the 8th of Feb. Officially there are three days off, but for many schools and more traditional businesses you’ll find that they take more than a week away.
See also HK Calendar 2017
| Festival | Date in 2018 | Public Holiday | Notes | |
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| The first day of January |
1 Jan | Y | Friday – long weekend for those who don’t work on Saturday. |
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| Chinese New Year of the Monkey |
8 Feb | Y | Mon | |
| The second day of the Chinese Lunar New YearChe Kung’s Birthday |
9 Feb | Y* | Tue
* |
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| The third day of the Lunar New Year |
10 Feb | Y | Wed | |
| Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu aka Chinese Valentine’s Day |
22 Feb | N | Mon, 15th day of 1st lunar month | |
| Chinese Groundhog Day |
5 Mar | N | Excited Insect solar segment | |
Good Friday |
25 Mar | Y | ||
| The day following Good Friday | 26 Mar | Y | ||
Easter Monday |
28 Mar | Y | ||
| Ching Ming Festival |
4 Apr
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Y | Mon, grave sweeping day | |
| Birthday of Tin Hau | 29 Apr | N | 23rd day of 3rd lunar month is the birthday of this sea god. |
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| Labour Day | 2 May | Y | Sun | |
| The weekday after Labour Day | 2 May | Y | Mon, because Labour Day falls on Sunday. |
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| Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festivalalso Tam Kung’s Birthday |
14 May | Y | Sat
* public holiday for birthday of |
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| Tuen Ng / Dragon Boat Festival |
9 Jun | Y | Thur, 5th day of 5th lunar month | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day |
1 July | Y | Fri | |
| Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon’s Birthday |
27 Jul | N | Wed, 24th day of 6th lunar month | |
Seventh Goddess’ Day / Tsat-je |
9 Aug | N | Tue, 7th day of 7th lunar month | |
| Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan |
16 Aug | N | Tue, 14th day of 7th lunar month | |
| Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival |
15 Sep | N
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Thur, 15th day of 8th lunar month. The festival is celebrated in this evening. |
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| Day after Mid-Autumn FestivalMonkey King Festival |
16 Sep | Y | Fri, it’s the day after the festival for people to sleep in!
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| Confucius’ Birthday/Teacher’s Day | 27 Sep | N | Tue, 27th day of 8th lunar month | |
Chinese National Day |
1 Oct | Y | Sat | |
Chung Yeung Festival |
9 Oct | Y | Sun, 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
| The weekday after Chung Yeung | 10 Oct | Y | Mon, holiday because Chung Yeung falls on Sun |
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| Diwali/Deepavali | 30 Oct | N | Celebrated by the Hindu community only |
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| Winter Solstice | 21 Dec | N | Wed | |
Christmas Day |
25 Dec | Y | Sun | |
| Boxing Day | 26 Dec | Y | Mon | |
| Second weekday after Christmas | 27 Dec | Y | Tue, holiday because Christmas falls on Sun |
See also Festivals 2015 or 2017 Calendar for HK