Hong Kong Public Holidays, School Holidays 2019-20

Official Public Hong Kong holidays are set by the Government and usually include 17 days’ statutory holidays for workers. In general, if a statutory holiday falls on the employee's rest day, the employer is committed to giving a day off-in-lieu on a following day which is not the employee's rest day.

For 2019, the public holiday calendar looks like this:

For 2020, the following dates are set.

In general, Hong Kong schools follow a late August/early September to June/early July calendar and are required to provide 190 days of schooling. Within this, schools are permitted to timetable 90 days of holiday, and a further six days (split between staff development and other days) when children are not required to attend.

A typical school calendar will, therefore, incorporate the public holidays and will be constructed to allow a one week mid-term break in Term 1 and a 3 week break at Christmas, a ten day mid-term break in Term 2 (to include Lunar New Year’s Eve) and a 2 week + 1 day break at Easter, prior to the year end in June/early July. Schools generally resume the new academic year towards the 3rd or 4th week of August.

Parents will need to confirm with their child's school in order to be sure of their holiday dates. These are generally available on-line, once the official calendar has been published by the Government.