Holiday

Choice of the '80s generation - holidays or a home of your own

5 Mar 2013

Travelling overseas on holiday once or twice a year has become a habit for many Hongkongers born in the 1980s, while at the same time they complain about skyrocketing flat prices that make it...

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Visitors flood into Hong Kong as locals hope to flee chill

23 Dec 2012

Hong Kong has been infected with the travel bug this holiday season, with immigration staff expecting to handle 8.65 million journeys - most via the land crossings.

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Developers fail to capitalise on holiday spirit

9 May 2012

The annual Labour Day holiday break is traditionally one of the busiest periods for the property market on the mainland as developers try to capitalise on the holiday spirit to boost sales.

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Replacement break ruled out

5 May 2011

The government would not consider granting a replacement holiday to employees when a public holiday fell on a Saturday, labour minister Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said in a written reply to a...

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Public-holiday switch set for 2012 approval

12 Feb 2011

A move to switch major public holidays from Saturdays to Mondays so the growing number of people working five days a week benefit from them should become law early next year. If lawmakers approve...

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Will five-day workers get back 'lost' holidays?

22 Jan 2011

With the rise in employees working a five-day week, fewer people benefit when public holidays fall on a Saturday. The Labour Department plans to do something about that.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Almost 80pc favour scrapping holiday distinctions between blue-collar and white-collar workers

Nearly four out of five people in the TNS/SCMP survey agree that all employees - blue- and white-collar workers - should enjoy the 17 statutory paid holidays.

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Messy schedule for holidays raises hackles

Authorities have arranged probably the most bizarre holiday schedule yet for mainland workers this autumn.

As usual, certain weekends are to be worked, allowing weekdays adjacent to...

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In the next issue of STYLE...

With bags packed and holiday hats on, we're all ready to go with the next issue of STYLE - UltraTravel. We take a look at the latest resorts sprouting up around the globe, but those seeking a more...

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FYI: In which country do workers enjoy the most public holidays?

The common perception is that Hongkongers are a highly strung, chronically overworked lot, but in yet another month that has multiple public holidays - Labour Day on May 1 and Buddha's Birthday a...

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Holiday discrimination has had its day

We live in one of the most advanced economies in the world, yet our non-office workers are still being treated like second-class citizens. By law, there are two holiday schedules - one for office...

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Workers in for eight-month wait

As mainlanders return to work today after the seven-day Lunar New Year break, many will have to wait at least eight months to enjoy another extended national holiday.

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