{"id":656,"date":"2008-12-15T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T01:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2008-12-15T09:03:24","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T01:03:24","slug":"more-holiday-for-singaporean-next-year-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/more-holiday-for-singaporean-next-year-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"More Holiday for Singaporean Next Year (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More Holiday for Singaporean in Year 2009, provided if you plan properly. According to Straits Times Chart, you can have eight extended weekends next year because there are seven of the 11 public holidays falling on either a Friday or a Sunday. However, to enjoy the super weekend, you will need to take some leaves in-between\/.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"H17\">Singapore Public Holidays For The Year 2009<\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"height: 542px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"461\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">.defaultstyle1147918916324 {  font-family:Arial; font-size:10px; color:#000000; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; }     .defaultstyle1147918978229 {  font-family:Arial; font-size:9px; color:#000000; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; }     .defaultstyle1152597393458 {  font-family:Verdana; font-size:10px; color:#666666; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; }     \t \t <span id=\"richtextbullet\">21 February 2008<\/p>\n<p>The dates for the eleven specified public holidays for 2009 are as follows:<\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: medium none; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">New Year&#8217;s Day <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Thursday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">1 January 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Chinese New Year <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Monday<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Tuesday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">26 January 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">27 January 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Good Friday <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Friday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">10 April 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Labour Day <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Friday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">1 May 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Vesak Day<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Saturday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">9 May 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">National Day<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Sunday*<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">9 August 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Hari Raya Puasa<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Sunday*<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">20 September 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Deepavali <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Sunday*<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">15 November 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Hari Raya Haji <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Friday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">27 November 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 124.25pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"166\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Christmas Day <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 55.7pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"74\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">Friday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ece9d8 windowtext windowtext #ece9d8; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 101.45pt; background-color: transparent;\" width=\"135\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;\">25 December 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>* The following Monday will be a public holiday<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0 The date, 15 November 2009, for Deepavali needs to be checked against the Indian Almanacs when they become available towards the end of 2008. Should there be a change in date, the Ministry of Manpower will announce it towards the end of 2008.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The list of public holidays for 2009 is available through the following channels:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" dir=\"ltr\"><p>\u2022\u00a0The Ministry of Manpower&#8217;s <a id=\"\/content\/momportal\/en\/general\/2009_Public_Holidays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mom.gov.sg\/publish\/momportal\/en\/general\/2009_Public_Holidays.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0The Ministry of Manpower&#8217;s Interactive Voice Response System at telephone number (65) 6438 5122 to request a faxed copy of the list of public holidays.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nHere is the calendar that Straits Times made. A bit small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/more-holiday-for-singaporean-next-year-2009\/attachment\/2009\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2009.jpg?fit=572%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"572,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2009\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2009.jpg?fit=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2009.jpg?fit=572%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-657 aligncenter\" title=\"2009\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2009.jpg?resize=461%2C161\" alt=\"2009\" width=\"461\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2009.jpg?w=572&amp;ssl=1 572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2009.jpg?resize=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you look hard enough, you can see some blue boxes. This indicate that you have to take leave during this period to enjoy the\u00a0 long extended holiday.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, in the Straits Time comment, it stated that the date for Deepavali is wrong. It should be in 17th October 2009. True?<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/Breaking%2BNews\/Singapore\/Story\/STIStory_314266.html?vgnmr=1\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Read the Sraits Time for the full story.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/Breaking%2BNews\/Singapore\/Story\/STIStory_314266.html?vgnmr=1\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Holiday for Singaporean in Year 2009, provided if you plan properly. According to Straits Times Chart, you can have eight extended weekends next year because there are seven of the 11 public holidays falling on either a Friday or a Sunday. 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