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EXTRA PUBLIC HOLIDAY!!!!!

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  1. 13-05-2015, 04:56 PM #1
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    EXTRA PUBLIC HOLIDAY!!!!!

    We might be getting an additional public holiday this year on 3 September to celebrate 70 years of the end of WW2:

    Hong Kong to get extra day off as Beijing declares holiday for second world war victory | South China Morning Post

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  3. 13-05-2015, 04:58 PM #2
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    BEIJING RULES!!!

    Last edited by Rob2020; 13-05-2015 at 05:01 PM. Reason: needed more CAPS and !!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob2020:
    Beijing rules!
    To celebrate China's defeat of Japan.
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    wuuuuheeyyyyyy!!!!

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    Well China did win WWII.

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    The 70th anniversary of Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War Victory Commemoration Day

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    I wonder how schools feel about that considering that most start on Sept. 1.

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  9. 13-05-2015, 05:28 PM #8
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    Still subject to Legco approval. Maybe the pan-democrats will veto.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ewankho:
    Still subject to Legco approval. Maybe the pan-democrats will veto.
    I think this would be a simple majority vote. Do Pan Dems have a majority in Legco?
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    some people might love to veto everything just because it comes "from Beijing" LOL

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