530 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9, 1927.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 724.-The following Public and General Holidays will be observed as Government Holidays in 1928 :—
Public Holiday:
Empire Day, or if that day should be a Sunday? Thursday, 24th May.
then the following day .....
General Holidays :
Every Sunday
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The First week-day in January
Monday, 2nd January.
Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be
a Sunday then the following day.
Monday, 23rd January.
The First week-day following Chinese New Year's Day, or if Chinese New Year's Day should be a Sunday then the Tuesday following Chinese New Year's Day.
Good Friday
The day following Good Friday
Easter Monday
Whit Monday
Tuesday, 24th January.
..Friday, 6th April.
.Saturday, 7th April.
Monday, 9th April.
Monday, 28th May.
The Birthday of His Majesty the King, unless it shall be ordered by the Governor, by an order
published in the Gazette, that His Majesty's Sunday, 3rd June. Birthday is to be kept on some other day,
and then, such other day
The first week-day in July
The first Monday in August.....
.Monday, 2nd July.
Monday, 6th August,
The second Monday in October
Armistice Day, or if that day should be a Sunday
then the following day
Monday, 8th October.
Monday, 12th November.
Christmas Day, or if that day should be a Sunday Tuesday, 25th December.
then the following day
The twenty-sixth day of December, or if that day
should be a Sunday then the following day, Wednesday, 26th December. or if Christmas Day should be a Sunday
then the Tuesday following Christmas Day...
It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to exclude the Police Magistrate's Department from the operation of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on the 2nd and 24th January, 7th and 9th April, 28th May, 2nd July, 6th August, 8th October, 12th November, and 26th December, 1928,
The Imports and Exports Department will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon on all the above days except Chinese New Year's Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day.
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