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1 May, Thursday – Labour Day; 5 May, Monday – Buddha's Birthday; 31 May, Saturday – Tuen of The Festival; 1 July, Tuesday – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day; 1 October, Wednesday – National Day; 7 October, Tuesday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival; 29 October, Wednesday – Chung Yeung Festival
According to Hong Kong laws, when a designated public holiday falls on a Sunday or on the same day of another holiday, the immediate following weekday would be a public holiday. However, there are exceptions; for example, as Lunar New Year 2007 falls on a Sunday (18 February), the government have designated the Saturday directly before (17 ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Hong Kong" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Replaced Cap.9 1987 Hong Kong Sea Cadets Corps Cap.1134 Ordinance 1984 Originally Cap.75 1983 City University of Hong Kong Ordinance Cap.1132 Ordinance, establishment of post-secondary institution 1984 1994 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport Ordinance Cap.539 Establish the right to create and issue travel document 1997
Hong Kong's legal system was developed under British governance, based on the English common law. Under British rule, the constitutional documents that governed Hong Kong were the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions, and judicial cases were generally appealable to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the UK. [3]
Hong Kong 1 July march in 2011. On 1 July of each year since the 1997 handover, a march is led by the Civil Human Rights Front.It has become the annual platform for demanding universal suffrage, calling for observance and preservation civil liberties such as free speech, venting dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Government or the chief executive, rallying against actions of the Pro-Beijing camp.
No official ceremonies have taken place in Hong Kong since the handover to China in 1997. Nevertheless, unofficial delegations mark the day at The Cenotaph, and the flag poles are occasionally dressed. On September 9, 1998, the Holidays (Amendment) Bill 1998, which included the abolition of the public holiday for Liberation Day, was passed. [2] [3]
0–9. 1985 Hong Kong electoral reform; ... Public Order Ordinance; R. ... This page was last edited on 12 May 2022, at 00:41 (UTC).