THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1935. 1179
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 954.-The following Public and General Holidays will be observed as Government Holidays in 1936:-
Public Holiday:
Empire Day, or if that day should be a Sunday Monday, 25th May.
then the following day
Every Sunday
General Holidays:
The First week-day in January
Wednesday, 1st January.
Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be Friday, 24th January.
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
Easter Monday
Whit Monday....
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Saturday, 25th January.
.Friday, 10th April.
.Saturday, 11th April.
Monday, 13th April.
Monday, 1st June.
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 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 Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to exclude the Magistrates from the operation of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on the 25th January, 11th and 13th April, 25th May, 1st June, 3rd August, 7th September, 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.
D. W. TRATMAN,
Colonial Secretary
6th December, 1935.
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