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Public holidays in Macau are dates assigned by the Government of Macau allowing the public administration staff to rest instead of working. The current rest days of the Macau government are Saturdays and Sundays; while public holidays basically include traditional Chinese holidays , western and Catholic festivals as well as Macanese local ...
21 August: Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng announces that he would not seek another term in office in elections scheduled for October, citing ill health. [1]13 October: Sam Hou Fai, the former president of the Court of Final Appeal of Macau, is elected as the new Chief Executive of Macau, the first to have been born in mainland China.
Lantern in Senado Square, Macau. In Hong Kong and Macau, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival is a public holiday rather than the festival date itself (unless that date falls on a Sunday, then Monday is also a holiday), because many celebration events are held at night. Many businesses let employees off early on the day before.
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