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Public holidays in Hong Kong consist of a mix of traditional Chinese and Western holidays, such as Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival, along with Christmas and Easter. Other public holidays include National Day (1 October) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July). [1] [2]
6 June: British judges Jonathan Sumption and Lawrence Collins resign from the Court of Final Appeal, with Collins attributing his departure to the “political situation in Hong Kong”. [14] 18 June: Chief Executive John Lee announces that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange would end its practice of shutting trading during typhoons and other extreme ...
From at least 2000 until this reform, the Spring Festival public holiday began on New Year's Day itself. From 2008 to 2013 it was shifted back by one day to begin on Chinese New Year's Eve . In 2014, New Year's Eve became a working day again, which provoked hostile discussion by netizens and academics.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
(Reuters) -A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Army ...
The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the beloved ...
December 13, 2024 at 2:43 PM (Reuters) -The Louisiana Department of Health said on Friday it has detected the first presumptive positive human case of H5N1 bird flu infection in the U.S. state.
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New Orleans on Monday to offer comfort to the community after a U.S. Army veteran killed 14 people and injured dozens by ramming a truck into a crowd of ...