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| FDHs can spend their additional holiday visiting the newly renovated Big Buddha in Lantau |
Foreign domestic helpers along with all
other employees in
As this will be a Sunday, on which most OFWs take their day
off work, they are entitled to enjoy the new holiday the next day, according to
guidelines issued by the Labour Department.
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Buddha’s Birthday is the first of the five additional
statutory holidays that will be added gradually until 2030 under the Employment
(Amendment) Ordinance 2021, which took effect last Jan. 1.
The four other statutory holidays to be added to
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The 13 statutory holidays for 2022 are:
1. The first day of January, 1 January
2. Lunar New Year’s Day, 1 February
3. The second day of Lunar New Year, 2 February
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4. The third day of Lunar New Year, 3 February
5. Ching Ming Festival, 5 April
6. Labour Day, 1 May
7. The Birthday of the Buddha, 8 May
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8. Tuen Ng Festival, 3 June
9. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day,
1 July
10. The second day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival,
12 September
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11. National Day, 1 October
12. Chung Yeung Festival, 4 October
13. Chinese Winter Solstice Festival or Christmas Day (at
the option of the employer), 22 December or 25 December
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