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Holidays lie ahead - if you can figure out when
Source: Xinhua |
September 10, 2010, Friday
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IT is almost time for 1.3 billion Chinese to enjoy two consecutive public holidays as long as 10 days!
But wait ... you must first clearly remember when to go to work and when not to.
The State Council has announced the arrangement for two upcoming holidays - three days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival from September 22 to 24 and seven days off for the National Day from October 1 to 7.
If the regular weekend holidays are taken into consideration, people on the Chinese mainland can actually have 12 days off and 11 days at work from September 18 to October 10, according to the plan.
But it is not that easy for people to follow.
The government has divided the long holidays in this way: People must go to work on September 19 (Sunday) and 25 (Saturday) to make up for two days off during the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, because the festival actually only allows for one day off work.
Likewise, you must also go to work on September 26 (Sunday) and October 9 (Saturday) to repay the days "borrowed" from the week-long National Day holiday, because it only allows for three days off.
After the National Day holiday, people should go to work for two days and then have a day off.
"I'm bewildered when I see the holiday arrangement. It's hard to follow," said Sun Jing, an editor at the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House.
Such a perplexing arrangement, billed as "the most complicated holidays plan" by the Beijing Times, did not happen in the past several years as the two holidays usually overlapped.
A spokesman with the National Development and Reform Commission said the an arrangement was based on safeguarding the legal rights of citizens to enjoy public holidays. Therefore two holidays could not be merged and spent consecutively this year.
Chinese netizens have come up with a concise sentence to remember the holiday plan starting from September 18: One off three on; three off six on; seven off two on; and one off.
But wait ... you must first clearly remember when to go to work and when not to.
The State Council has announced the arrangement for two upcoming holidays - three days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival from September 22 to 24 and seven days off for the National Day from October 1 to 7.
If the regular weekend holidays are taken into consideration, people on the Chinese mainland can actually have 12 days off and 11 days at work from September 18 to October 10, according to the plan.
But it is not that easy for people to follow.
The government has divided the long holidays in this way: People must go to work on September 19 (Sunday) and 25 (Saturday) to make up for two days off during the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, because the festival actually only allows for one day off work.
Likewise, you must also go to work on September 26 (Sunday) and October 9 (Saturday) to repay the days "borrowed" from the week-long National Day holiday, because it only allows for three days off.
After the National Day holiday, people should go to work for two days and then have a day off.
"I'm bewildered when I see the holiday arrangement. It's hard to follow," said Sun Jing, an editor at the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House.
Such a perplexing arrangement, billed as "the most complicated holidays plan" by the Beijing Times, did not happen in the past several years as the two holidays usually overlapped.
A spokesman with the National Development and Reform Commission said the an arrangement was based on safeguarding the legal rights of citizens to enjoy public holidays. Therefore two holidays could not be merged and spent consecutively this year.
Chinese netizens have come up with a concise sentence to remember the holiday plan starting from September 18: One off three on; three off six on; seven off two on; and one off.
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