People working in the private sector in Taiwan are to receive 12 public holidays next year, when banks and financial markets do not open for business, according to a calendar published by the government earlier in the year.
New Year's Day is to be the first public holiday next year, followed by a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday that starts on Jan. 25, with Lunar New Year's Eve falling on Jan. 28.
Photo: Tony Yao, Taipei Times
The nine-day holiday is comprised of two weekends, Lunar New Year's Eve and Jan. 27, for which people have to work on Feb. 8 to enjoy the long holiday.
People are to have two long weekends with the two following holidays, one in February as Feb. 28 Peace Memorial Day falls on a Friday this year, while Children's Day and the Tomb Sweeping Day are observed on April 3 to 4, the first Thursday and Friday in April.
In May, people working in the private sector are to have Labor Day off.
The banks are to close on May 1, but government offices would open that day.
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on May 31, which is a Saturday, and therefore people will have May 30 off.
The remaining public holidays both fall in October, including the Mid-Autumn Festival on Oct. 6 and Oct. 10 Double Ten National Day, giving people in Taiwan two long weekends during the first half of October.
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