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1 January 2008 - Public holiday? No classes?
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7969



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Location: Coastal Guangdong
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:10 am    Post subject: 1 January 2008 - Public holiday? No classes? Reply with quote
One of my students told me last night that New Years day is a public holiday this year, meaning there are no classes. Anyone know about this? The school is silent on the topic.
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nogreasyhippies



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not sure... but I know that my school is off on new years day as well.
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Laoshi1950



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
At my public university in Beijing, there is a scheduled holiday on Tuesday, 1 January 2008.

This holiday was clearly marked on the university calendar which was given to us at the start of the semester, and it was subsequently confirmed by the University's International Affairs Office in a list of important dates given to the foreign teachers in September.
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MGreen



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a holiday for my university as well, but we finish teaching in December anyway.
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7969



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
no indication of it on our school calendar, and i know i didnt work last new years day, but it was one of my regular days off anyway so i didnt pay attention to that. looks like it will be a day off for most here. i'll assume i'm free as well and need to make alternate plans for those classes (my exam review begins the week of new years).
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AussieGuyInChina



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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One of my students told me last night that New Years day is a public holiday this year


January 1 has been an official public holiday in China for several years.
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kev7161



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
My school, in it's infinite wisdom, decided to give us Dec. 31st, Jan. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd off. Oh, but wait, that means we must work the weekend before AND after instead (which means 8 days in a row after)! I said "no thanks" and I feel a little cold coming on *cough! cough!* - - maybe a relapse the following weekend *sniff! sniff!*

(Why oh why could nobody think of, wait for it, the weekend before - - as we're ALREADY out of school, Dec. 31st, Jan 1st, then back to school on Wednesday to the following Saturday, Sunday off, then business as usual after that - - - oh wait, that's less complicated. Sorry Chinese school bureaucrats!) Rolling Eyes
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lostinasia



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm a traditional American and actually believe in contracts. My contract is specific on such issues and states that I work, in my situation, Tuesday to Saturday, 5 days a week, not including weekends and is followed even in the event of national holidays. Weekends for my current job are defined as Sunday and Monday. I got fed up with the whole 8-14 continuous work period because of the whole make-up days concept.
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HunanForeignGuy



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:03 am    Post subject: Caution Reply with quote
AussieGuyInChina wrote:
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One of my students told me last night that New Years day is a public holiday this year


January 1 has been an official public holiday in China for several years.


Indeed...and so were the Golden Week May Day Holidays until as of recently in which a decision was reached by the powers-that-be that only May 1st will be observed in 2008.

To return to 7969's original query, it's a valid query and one that deserves more checking.

According to what has been published by the powers-that-be both in the press here and the press abroad, the Golden Week holiday has been reduced to one day, and two new holidays will be introduced : Mid-Autumn Festival Day as an offi