General holidays for 2022 published
​The following list of general holidays for 2022 was gazetted today (May 28) for public information:
Every Sunday | Sunday | |
The first day of January | January 1 | Saturday |
Lunar New Year's Day | February 1 | Tuesday |
The second day of Lunar New Year | February 2 | Wednesday |
The third day of Lunar New Year | February 3 | Thursday |
Ching Ming Festival | April 5 | Tuesday |
Good Friday | April 15 | Friday |
The day following Good Friday | April 16 | Saturday |
Easter Monday | April 18 | Monday |
The day following Labour Day | May 2 | Monday |
The day following the Birthday of the Buddha | May 9 | Monday |
Tuen Ng Festival | June 3 | Friday |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day | July 1 | Friday |
The second day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival | September 12 | Monday |
National Day | October 1 | Saturday |
Chung Yeung Festival | October 4 | Tuesday |
The first weekday after Christmas Day | December 26 | Monday |
The second weekday after Christmas Day | December 27 | Tuesday |
​A Government spokesman said, "As Labour Day and the Birthday of the Buddha in 2022 both fall on a Sunday, the day following them will be designated as a general holiday in substitution. Besides, since the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022 falls on a Sunday, the second day following that festival will be designated as a general holiday in substitution. Furthermore, as Christmas Day in 2022 falls on a Sunday, the second weekday after Christmas Day will be designated as a general holiday in substitution."