By The SUN
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| The PCG announcement of its long holiday which starts today |
Filipinos with transactions at the Consulate will have to
wait until next Wednesday, Mar 7, when the PCG reopens after the prolonged
Easter and Ching Ming Festival weekend.
The Consulate will close for business from Apr 1 to mark
Maundy Thursday, a holiday in the Philippines
and other Catholic countries but not in Hong Kong.
The PCG will remain closed on Sunday, Apr 4, which coincides
this year with the Ching Ming Festival or Grave Cleaning Day, one of the statutory
holidays in Hong Kong.
The long weekend will stretch to Monday, Apr 5, the day
following Ching Ming Festival, and Tuesday, Apr 6, the day following Easter
Sunday. These two extra rest days will compensate for Easter and Ching Ming
falling on Sunday, a regular holiday.
Both holidays in Hong Kong and the Philippines are observed by the
Consulate, as the country’s missions elsewhere observe holidays in their host
countries in addition to Philippine holidays.
For the PCG in Hong Kong, it will be observing 21 holidays this
year, as Dec 8, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, was declared
a national holiday by Malacañang last year.
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