It must be Hong Kong’s lucky day. As we hear that a T8 signal has just been launched, we also learn we’re getting an extra day’s public holiday this year. Wahoo!
Today, Hong Kong legislators voted to approved a one-off public holiday on Sep. 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the so called “Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression”.
It follows the same decision on the mainland, so naturally Hong Kong’s pan-democrats have branded it at “political holiday” and called on local lawmakers to dance to their own tune.
Personally, we don’t care who’s playing the tune; if it gets us an extra day off, we’re dancing!
Some unionist legislators (who we now love) have called for the holiday to become an annual occurrence.
But party-pooper and Secretary for Labour and Welfare Matthew Cheung said there are no plans to do so as it would have a negative effect on the economy, the SCMP reports.
Either way, anyone employed under a continuous contract for three months or more is entitled to a day off on Thursday, Sep. 3.
See you then, slackers!
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