Hooray! I’m sure you’ve already heard the exciting news! Singapore’s government has just released the list of gazetted public holidays for 2015! Here’s a messy look:
New Year’s Day, Jan 1, Thursday | Chinese New Year, Feb 19 & 20, Thursday & Friday | Good Friday, Apr 3, Friday | Labour Day, May 1, Friday | Vesak Day, June 1, Monday | Hari Raya Puasa, Jul 17, Friday | SG50 Public Holiday, Aug 7, Friday | National Day, Aug 9, Sunday | Hari Raya Haji, Sept 24, Thursday | Deepavali, Nov 10, Tuesday | Christmas Day, Dec 25, Friday
For those still stuck at planning for long weekends in 2014, please take a look at this article instead. For Malaysians looking to find out how their number of long weekends compares to Singapore, click here!
Basically, in 2015, you can look forward to 10 long weekends with just minimal leaves! Okay let us just break this down for easy digestion.
10 long weekends
in 10 different months
with just 3 days of annual leave (only!)
you’ll get 35 days of vacation
How cool is that? That’s almost 10% of the year off!
Okay, let me just help you visualise this better.
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After which I’d still have 11 more days of leave to plan. All I can say is that bosses all over are probably going to have great difficulty pinning us back in the office! Speaking of which, I’m gonna pin this calendar on my desk to make me work harder for 2015.
Go ahead and share this calendar with your friends! You’re welcome.
If you don’t already have plans for the holiday, get inspiration from this awesome weekend getaway travel plan for 2015, which features 12 destinations in 12 months. For those already planning your long weekend getaways, check out the travel deals page from TripZilla.