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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 10, 1926.

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No. 679.-The following Public and General Holidays will be observed as Government Holidays in 1927 :-

Public Holiday:

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Empire Day, or if that day should be a Sunday Tuesday, 24th May.

then the following day

General Holidays:

Every Sunday

The First week-day in January

Saturday, 1st January.

Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be Wednesday, 2nd 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

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be a Sunday then the Tuesday following Thursday, 3rd February. Chinese New Year's Day

Good Friday

The day following Good Friday

Easter Monday

The Birthday of His Majesty the King, unless it

shall be ordered by the Governor, by an order

Friday, 15th April.

..Saturday, 16th April.

.Monday, 18th April.

published in the Gazette, that His Majesty's Friday, 3rd June. Birthday is to be kept on some other day,

and then, such other day

Whit Monday

The first week-day in July

The first Monday in August...

The second Monday in October

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

.Monday, 6th June.

.Friday, 1st July.

.Monday, 1st August. .Monday, 10th October.

Friday, 11th November.

Monday, 26th December.

should be a Sunday then the following day, Tuesday, 27th 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 3rd February, 6th and 18th April, 24th May, 6th June, 1st August, 10th October, and 27th December, 1926.

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.