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| Working day after Christmas became the 14th statutory holiday starting 2024 |
There will be 14 paid statutory holidays this year, which everyone working in Hong Kong should enjoy, including foreign domestic helpers. It is the same number as last year, when the first working day after Christmas was added to the list.
Originally there were only 12 statutory holidays,
but 17 public holidays in Hong Kong. An ordinance that took effect in July 2021
provided for the gradual alignment of statutory holidays with general holidays.
The first of the five additional public holidays,
the Birthday of Buddha, became effective in 2022. The second one, which falls on
the first weekday after Christmas, became effective last month.
Hong Kong will continue to add statutory holidays
until the law becomes fully enacted in 2030. The next to be declared a
statutory holiday is Easter Monday, which will be effective in 2026, Good
Friday to be effective in 2028, and the day following Good Friday, in 2030.
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The 14 statutory holidays for 2025 are:
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The first day of January |
1 January |
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Lunar New Year's Day |
29 January |
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The second day of Lunar New Year |
30 January |
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The third day of Lunar New Year |
31 January |
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5. |
Ching Ming Festival |
4 April |
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6. |
Labour Day |
1 May |
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7. |
The Birthday of the Buddha |
5 May |
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8. |
Tuen Ng Festival |
31 May |
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9. |
Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region Establishment Day |
1 July |
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10. |
National Day |
1 October |
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11. |
The day following the Chinese
Mid-Autumn Festival |
7 October |
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12. |
Chung Yeung Festival |
29 October |
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13. |
Chinese Winter Solstice Festival
or Christmas Day (at the option of the employer) |
21 December or 25 December |
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14. |
The first weekday after Christmas
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26 December |
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Please note:
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 average daily
wages earned by the employee in the 12-month period preceding the holiday.
Reference example:
An employee is granted rest days on Sundays and
his/ her employer chooses the Chinese Winter Solstice Festival (21 December) as
statutory holiday. As the Chinese Winter Solstice Festival falls on Sunday, the
employer should grant a holiday on the next day (i.e. 22 December), but this
day should not be a statutory holiday or an alternative holiday or a
substituted holiday or a rest day.
Click here for
more information on Statutory Holidays
