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If you live in Singapore, start planning your holidays for 2017 now, because there are seven long weekends to look forward to.

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has released a list of dates of public holidays for the coming year, with a total of 11 gazetted public holidays.

Seven of these holidays fall on a Friday, Sunday or Monday. Three public holidays next year fall on a Sunday. When a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be a day off.

Here’s the full line-up of public holidays for 2017:

 

Date

Day

Public Holiday

Jan 1

Sunday

New Year’s Day

(Monday, January 2, will be a public holiday)

Jan 28

Jan 29

Saturday

Sunday

Chinese New Year

(Monday, January 30, will be a public holiday)

Apr14

Friday

Good Friday

May 1

Monday

Labour Day

May 10

Wednesday

Vesak Day

Jun 25

Sunday

Hari Raya Puasa

(Monday, June 26, will be a public holiday)

Aug 9

Wednesday

National Day

Sep 1

Friday

Hari Raya Haji

Oct18

Wednesday

Deepavali

Dec 25

Monday

Christmas Day

 

This article was first published in Singapore Airlines’ travel magazine, SilverKris. Go to silverkris.com for more travel stories.

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