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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 17, 1941.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 74.-It is hereby notified for general information that the following School and General Holidays will be observed during 1941-
School Holiday:
Empire Day, or if that day should be a Sunday, Saturday, 24th May.
then the following day
Every Sunday
General Holidays:
The First week-day in January
Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be
a Sunday, then the following day.............. 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
Wednesday, 1st January.
Monday, 27th January.
Tuesday, 28th January.
Friday, 11th April. .Saturday, 12th April.
Easter Monday
Whit Monday..
Monday, 14th April.
Monday, 2nd June.
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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 Thursday, 12th 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..
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Day, or if that day should be a Sunday, then the following day. The tenth day of October, or if that day shouldĮ
be a Sunday, then the following day ... Armistice Day, or if that day should be a Sunday,
then the following day
.Tuesday, 1st July. .Monday, 4th August.
Monday, 6th October.
Friday, 10th October.
Tuesday, 11th November.
Christmas Day, or if that day should be a Sunday,Thursday, 25th December.
then the following day
The twenty-sixth day of December, or if that day
should be a Sunday, then the following day, Friday, 26th December.
or if Christmas Day should be a Sunday,
then the Tuesday following Christmas Day...
It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to exclude the Magistrates from the operation of the Holidays Ordi- nance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on the 1st January, 28th January, 12th and 14th April, 2nd June, 1st July, 4th August, 6th October, 11th November and 26th December.
The Imports and Exports Department will be open for the purpose of Revenue collection and issue of permits only from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon on all the above days except Sundays, Chinese New Year's Day, Good Friday, 10th October and Christmas Day.
N. L. SMITII,
Colonial Secretary.
17th January, 1941.