Holidays
Chinese New Year 2027 in Hong Kong, China: Public Holidays
Hong Kong's gazette lists three days for Chinese New Year in 2027, and the third of them exists only because the second fell on a Sunday.
The days, as the instrument lists them
Each row is a date the source document names. A substitute is not a holiday in its own right — it exists because another day of the festival fell on a rest day.
- Days named
- 2
- In the instrument itself, before any substitution
- Working days lost
- 2
- Days off the job, not days on a calendar
- Longest run
- 4
- February 6 to February 9
| Date | Day | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| February 6 | Saturday | Statutory holiday |
| February 8 | Monday | Statutory holiday |
| February 9 | Tuesday | Substitute(stands in for February 7) |
Where the difference comes from
The statutory days are the first, second and third days of the lunar year. In 2027 the first is Saturday 6 February and the second is Sunday 7 February. The Employment Ordinance provides that when any of those three falls on a Sunday, the fourth day of the lunar year is designated in substitution — so 9 February appears in the gazette and the second day does not.
Offices close from Saturday to Tuesday: four days, two of which come out of the working week. The gazette also runs two lists, general holidays and statutory holidays, and both name 6, 8 and 9 February for the festival. The gap between them is not the festival: it is the winter solstice, which the statutory list offers as an alternative to Christmas Day.
The same Saturday, six answers
6 February 2027 is a Saturday in all six places. What happens when a holiday lands on a weekend is a local rule, and the rules disagree: the spread below runs from nothing to five working days.
| Jurisdiction | Longest run | Working days lost |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong, China | 4 | 2 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 |
| Taiwan, China | 7 | 5 |
| the Philippines | 2 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 |
Source
Government of the Hong Kong SAR, general holidays for 2027 · Published May 15
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202605/15/P2026051400300.htm
Dates are transcribed from the instrument named above, not from a commercial calendar. Nothing here is projected from the year before.
What people ask about this date
Is 7 February 2027 a holiday in Hong Kong, China?
It is a Sunday, which is already a general holiday. As a day of the festival it is not separately listed: the fourth day of the lunar year replaces it, and that is Tuesday 9 February.
Why does Hong Kong list the fourth day but not the second?
Because the second fell on a Sunday. The Employment Ordinance swaps in the fourth day when one of the first three lands on a Sunday, so the total stays at three rather than growing to four.