Holidays in Singapore

The major public holidays in Singapore reflect the cultural and religious diversity of the country, including the Chinese New Year, Buddhist Vesak Day, Muslim Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha (known locally by their Malay names "Hari Raya Puasa" and "Hari Raya Haji" respectively), and Hindu Deepavali. Christians are also a significant group (about 14 per cent of the population), and Christmas Day and Good Friday are public holidays. This represents a carefully calibrated distribution of public holidays given to each group. Because of this some of the other special days have not been given public holiday status – including other Christian holidays (Ascension Day), Muslim holidays (Awal Muharam, birthday of Muhammad) and Hindu holidays (Thaipusam).

Public holidays

The Ministry of Manpower maintains the complete and updated list of public holidays in Singapore, as issued by the Government.

*Mondays are school holidays for any school holiday that falls on a Sunday.

chool term holidays

The following lists scheduled school term holidays 2008 observed by all students in pre-tertiary level national schools.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/general/Public_holidays_2007.html Ministry of Manpower, public holidays 2007]
* [http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/general/2008_Public_Holidays.html Ministry of Manpower, public holidays 2008]
* [http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/general/2009_Public_Holidays.html Ministry of Manpower, public holidays 2009]
* [http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/terms-and-holidays/ Ministry of Education, School Terms and Holidays 2008]
* [http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/terms-and-holidays/2009/ Ministry of Education, School Terms and Holidays 2009]