Statutory Holidays for 2009

The 12 statutory holidays for 2009 are :

1. The first day of January (1 January)
2. Lunar New Year's Day (26 January)
3. The second day of the Lunar New Year (27 January)
4. The third day of the Lunar New Year (28 January)
5. Ching Ming Festival (4 April)
6. Labour Day (1 May)
7. Tuen Ng Festival (28 May)
8. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July)
9. National Day (1 October)
10. Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (3 October)*
11. Chung Yeung Festival (26 October)
12. Chinese Winter Solstice Festival (22 December) or Christmas Day (25 December) (at the option of the employer)

*According to the Employment Ordinance, if the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival falls on a Sunday, then the day of that Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Day shall be a statutory holiday.

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 daily average wages earned by the employee in the 12-month period preceding the holiday.

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