Looking ahead way, way ahead on the calendar…..

People can start planning for a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday next year, according to the calendar approved by the Executive Yuan on Monday.

The traditional holiday, which was six days this year, will last nine days from Feb. 6th to 14th in the year 2016.

The Directorate General of Personnel Administration also said that in addition to the Lunar New Year holiday, there will be six other long holidays:

New Year’s Day  — 3 days

228 Peace Memorial Day — 3 days

Children’s Day and Tomb Sweeping Day — 4 days

Dragon Boat Festival — 4 days

Mid-Autumn Festival — 4 days

Double Ten Day — 3 days

The number of holidays and weekends in 2016 will total 116 days, about one-third of the year.

 

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