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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 28, 1930.
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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 709.-The following Public and General Holidays will be observed as Government Holidays in 1931:-
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
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Thursday, 1st January.
Tuesday, 17th February.
Day, or if Chinese New Year's Day should Wednesday, 18th February. be a Sunday then the Tuesday following Chinese New Year's Day
Good Friday
The day following Good Friday
Easter Monday
* Whit Monday and (Empire Day)
The Birthday of His Majesty the King, unless it shall be ordered by the Governor, by an order
.Friday, 3rd April.
..Saturday, 4th April.
Monday, 6th April.
Monday, 25th May.
published in the Gazette, that His Majesty's Wednesday, 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.........
The first Monday in September
The tenth day of October, or if that day should}
be a Sunday then the following day Armistice Day, or if that day should be a Sunday
then the following day
Christmas Day, or if that day should be a Sunday
then the following day
The twenty-sixth day of December, or if that day
Wednesday, 1st July.
Monday, 3rd August. .Monday, 7th September.
Saturday, 10th October.
Wednesday, 11th November.
Friday, 25th December.
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 Police Magistrate's Department from the operation of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on the 18th February, 4th and 6th April, 25th May, 3rd August, 7th September, 10th October, and 26th December, 1931.
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.
*Empire Day, a Statutory Public Holiday, coincides with Whit Monday.
28th November, 1930.
E. R. IIALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary.