559935-1928-Public-and-General-Holidays--1929 — Page 1

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 7, 1928.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 649.-The following Public and General Holidays will be observed Government Holidays in 1929:

Public Holiday :

Empire Day, or if that day should be a Sunday} Friday, 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

Easter Monday

Whit Monday

Tuesday, 1st January.

Monday, 11th February.

Tuesday, 12th February.

Friday, 29th March. ..Saturday, 30th March.

.Monday, 1st April.

.Monday, 20th May.

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as

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 Monday, 3rd June. Birthday is to be kept on some other day,

and then, such other day

The first week-day in July

Monday, 1st 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, 5th August. Monday, 14th October. Monday, 11th November.

Wednesday, 25th December.

should be a Sunday then the following day, Thursday, 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 Police Magistrate's Department from the operation of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on the 12th February, 30th March, 1st April, 20th May, 3rd June, 1st July, 5th August, 14th October, 11th Novem- ber, and 26th December, 1929.

The Imports and Exports Department will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon on all the above days except Sundays Chinese New Year's Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day.

7th December, 1928.

E. R. HALLIFAX,

Colonial Secretary.