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Year 2012

DateHolidayComment
January 1
(Sunday)
New Year's Day
January 2
(Monday)
New Year's Day
January 3
(Tuesday)
New Year's Day
January 9
(Monday)
winter holiday (end)
January 20
(Friday)
mid-term holiday (beginning)
January 20
(Friday)
mid-term holiday (end)
January 21
(Saturday)
WORKING DAY
January 22
(Sunday)
Chinese New Year/Têt EveReligious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
January 23
(Monday)
Chinese New Year/Tet/LosarReligious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
January 24
(Tuesday)
Chinese New Year/Tet/LosarReligious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
January 25
(Wednesday)
Chinese New Year (or Tet in Vietnam)Religious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
January 26
(Thursday)
Chinese New YearReligious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
January 27
(Friday)
Chinese New YearReligious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
January 29
(Sunday)
WORKING DAY
February 18
(Saturday)
mid-term holiday (end)
March 8
(Thursday)
Women's Day - 1/2 day for working women
March 30
(Friday)
spring holiday (beginning)
March 31
(Saturday)
WORKING DAY
April 1
(Sunday)
WORKING DAY
April 2
(Monday)
Tomb-Sweeping Day (Ching Ming or Qingming Festival)Religious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
April 3
(Tuesday)
Tomb-Sweeping Day (Ching Ming or Qingming Festival)Religious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
April 4
(Wednesday)
Tomb-Sweeping Day (Ching Ming or Qingming Festival)Religious - Buddhism (Vajrayana)
April 9
(Monday)
spring holiday (end)
April 28
(Saturday)
WORKING DAY
April 30
(Monday)
Labour Day
May 1
(Tuesday)
Labor Day/May Day
June 1
(Friday)
Children's Day
June 14
(Thursday)
summer holiday (beginning)
June 22
(Friday)
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
June 23
(Saturday)
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
August 13
(Monday)
summer holiday (end)
September 28
(Friday)
autumn holiday (beginning)
September 29
(Saturday)
WORKING DAY
September 30
(Sunday)
Late mid-Autumn festival
October 1
(Monday)
National DayNational Day
October 2
(Tuesday)
National DayNational Day
October 3
(Wednesday)
National DayNational Day
October 4
(Thursday)
National DayNational Day
October 5
(Friday)
National DayNational Day
October 6
(Saturday)
WORKING DAY
October 7
(Sunday)
WORKING DAY
October 8
(Monday)
autumn holiday (end)
December 14
(Friday)
winter holiday (beginning)
December 31
(Monday)
New Year's Eve


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