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Festival | Date in 2018 | Public Holiday | Notes | |
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The first day of January |
1 Jan | Y | Mon |
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Chinese New Year of the Dog |
16 Feb | Y | Fri | |
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New YearChe Kung’s Birthday |
17 Feb | Y* | Sat, 2nd day of Chinese New Year
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The third day of the Lunar New Year |
18 Feb | Y | Sun | |
The weekday following the third day of Chinese New Year | 19 Feb | Y | Mon – 3rd day of CNY falls on Sunday. |
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Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu |
2 Mar | N | Fri – 15th day of 1st lunar month | |
Chinese Groundhog Day |
5 Mar | N | Excited Insect solar segment | |
Good Friday | 30 Mar | Y | Happy Easter! | |
The day following Good Friday | 31 Mar | Y | ||
Easter Monday | 2 Apr | Y | ||
Ching Ming Festival |
5 Apr | Y | Thur | |
Labour Day | 1 May | Y | Tue | |
Birthday of Tin Hau | 8 May | N | Tue – 23rd day of 3rd lunar month | |
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festivalalso Tam Kung’s Birthday |
22 May | Y | Tue – public holiday for birthday of Buddha |
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Tuen Ng / Dragon Boat Festival |
18 Jun | Y | Mon – 5th day of 5th lunar month | |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day |
1 Jul | Y | Sun | |
Weekday after HKSAR Establishment Day | 2 Jul | Y | Mon – because HKSAR Establishment Day falls on Sunday. |
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Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon’s Birthday |
5 Aug | N | Sun – 24th day of 6th lunar month | |
Seventh Goddess’ Day / Tsat-je |
17 Aug | N | Fri – 7th day of 7th lunar month | |
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan |
24 Aug | N | Fri – 14th day of 7th lunar month | |
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival |
24 Sep | N
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Mon – the festival is celebrated this evening. |
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Day after Mid-Autumn FestivalMonkey King Festival |
25 Sep | Y | Tue – this is the public holiday the day after the festival for people to sleep in!- Monkey King birthday:16th day of 8th lunar month |
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Confucius’ Birthday/Teacher’s Day | 6 Oct | N | 27th day of 8th lunar month | |
Chinese National Day | 1 Oct | Y | Mon | |
Chung Yeung Festival |
17 Oct | Y | Wed – 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
Winter Solstice | 22 Dec | N | Sat | |
Christmas Day |
25 Dec | Y | Tue | |
Boxing Day | 26 Dec | Y | Wed |
See also Festivals 2017 and Festivals 2019