General holidays for 2026 published
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The following list of general holidays for 2026 is gazetted today (May 16) for public information:
| Every Sunday | Sunday | |
| The first day of January | January 1 | Thursday |
| Lunar New Year’s Day | February 17 | Tuesday |
| The second day of Lunar New Year | February 18 | Wednesday |
| The third day of Lunar New Year | February 19 | Thursday |
| Good Friday | April 3 | Friday |
| The day following Good Friday | April 4 | Saturday |
| The day following Ching Ming Festival | April 6 | Monday |
| The day following Easter Monday | April 7 | Tuesday |
| Labour Day | May 1 | Friday |
| The day following the Birthday of the Buddha | May 25 | Monday |
| Tuen Ng Festival | June 19 | Friday |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day | July 1 | Wednesday |
| The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival | September 26 | Saturday |
| National Day | October 1 | Thursday |
| The day following Chung Yeung Festival | October 19 | Monday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Friday |
| The first weekday after Christmas Day | December 26 | Saturday |
A Government spokesman said, “As the Ching Ming Festival in 2026 falls on a Sunday, the following day will be designated as a general holiday in substitution. In this connection, as the day following the Ching Ming Festival falls on Easter Monday, the next day that is not itself a general holiday will be observed as an additional general holiday. Moreover, as the Birthday of the Buddha and the Chung Yeung Festival in 2026 both fall on a Sunday, the day following them will be designated as a general holiday in substitution.”