2024

Hong Kong Announces Public Holidays for 2024

According to a government announcement on Thursday May 25th 2023, workers will enjoy 17 public holidays next year, with four long weekends.

Holiday	Date	Day
Every Sunday		Sunday
The first day of January	1 January	Monday
Lunar New Year’s Day	10 February	Saturday
The third day of Lunar New Year	12 February	Monday
The fourth day of Lunar New Year	13 February	Tuesday
Good Friday	29 March	Friday
The day following Good Friday	30 March	Saturday
Easter Monday	1 April	Monday
Ching Ming Festival	4 April	Thursday
Labour Day	1 May	Wednesday
The Birthday of the Buddha	15 May	Wednesday
Tuen Ng Festival	10 June	Monday
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day	1 July	Monday
The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	18 September	Wednesday
National Day	1 October	Tuesday
Chung Yeung Festival	11 October	Friday
Christmas Day	25 December	Wednesday
The first weekday after Christmas Day	26 December	Thursday

A Government spokesman said, “As the second day of Lunar New Year in 2024 falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of Lunar New Year will be designated as a general holiday in substitution.”

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Separately, statutory holidays in Hong Kong will be increased progressively to 17 days from 2022 to 2030. The newly added statutory holiday from this year onwards is the first weekday after Christmas Day, totaling 14 statutory holidays.

The other three additional statutory holidays in sequence will be Easter Monday (from 2026), Good Friday (from 2028), and the day following Good Friday (from 2030).

Toby