THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 5, 1941.
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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 1453.--It is hereby notified for general information that the following Genera Holidays will be observed during 1942 :-
General Holidays:
Every Sunday
The First week-day in January
Thursday, 1st January.
Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be Monday, 16th February.
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
Tuesday, 17th February.
Friday, 3rd April.
Saturday, 4th April.
Easter Monday
Whit Monday..
....Monday, 6th April.
Monday, 25th 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 Thursday, 11th 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 ì
Wednesday, 1st July.
..Monday, 3rd August.
should be a Sunday, then the following day.} Thursday, 24th September. The tenth day of October, or if that day should} Saturday, 10th October.
be a Sunday, then the following day.....
Christmas Day, or if that day should be a Sunday, Friday, 25th December.
then the following day.
The twenty-sixth day of December, or if that day
should be a Sunday, then the following day, Saturday, 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 Magistrates from the operation of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on the 17th February, 4th and 6th April, 25th May, 3rd August, 10th October 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. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
28th November, 1941.