Statutory Holidays for 2006

The 12 statutory holidays for 2006 are :

1. The first day of January (1 January)
2. The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day (28 January)*
3. The second day of the Lunar New Year (30 January)
4. The third day of the Lunar New Year (31 January)
5. Ching Ming Festival (5 April)
6. Labour Day (1 May)
7. Tuen Ng Festival (31 May)
8. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July)
9. National Day (1 October)
10. The day following Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (7 October)
11. Chung Yeung Festival (30 October)
12. Chinese Winter Festival (22 December) or Christmas Day (25 December) (at the option of the employer)

All employees are entitled to the above statutory holidays. If the statutory holiday falls on a rest day, a holiday should be granted on the day following the rest day which is not a statutory holiday or an alternative holiday or a substituted holiday or a rest day. An employee having been employed under a continuous contract for not less than 3 months is entitled to the holiday pay which is equivalent to the normal wages which the employee would have earned if he had worked on a full working day.

*According to the Employment Ordinance, if the Lunar New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, then the day immediately preceding the Lunar New Year's Day will be designated as a statutory holiday.

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