Government Public Holidays in Singapore in 2014

For 2014, the Singapore Government has declared the following 11 gazetted public holidays:

PUBLIC HOLIDAY	DATE	DAY	REASON FOR PUBLIC HOLIDAY
New Year’s Day	1 January, 2014	Wednesday	Start of the Gregorian New Year
Chinese New Year	31 January, 2014	Friday	Start of Chinese Holidays (Spring Festival) that goes on until the Lantern Festival (14 Feb, 2014)
Chinese New Year	1 February, 2014	Saturday
Good Friday	18 April, 2014	Friday	Christian Festival marking the death of Jesus Christ
Labour Day	1 May, 2014	Thursday	Day to celebrate the achievements of workers
Vesak Day (Buddha Purnima)	13 May, 2014	Tuesday	Buddhist Festival that commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha
Hari Raya Puasa (Eid al-Fitr)	28 July, 2014	Monday	Islamic Festival that marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting
National Day	9 August, 2014	Saturday	Singapore’s Independence Day
Hari Raya Haji (Eid al-Adha)	5 October, 2014	Sunday	Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice celebrates Abraham’s willingness to sarifice his son for God. 6 Oct, 2014 (Monday) is a holiday.
Deepavali (Diwali)	23 October, 2014	Thursday	Hindu festival of Lights that celebrates the return of Lord Ram from 14 years of exile.
Christmas Day	25 December, 2014	Thursday	Christian Festival that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ

 

• Since “Hari Raya Haji” is on a Sunday (5 October, 2014), Monday (6 October, 2014) is a holiday.
• The 2014 Singapore Holiday List is issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower.
• Singapore employers can give their employees alternate holidays in place of the above 11 public holidays.
• Please visit this page for the List of Holidays in Singapore in 2015.

 

 

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School and Junior College Holidays in Singapore in 2014

Singapore’s Schools, Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute follow an academic year with 2 semesters with 2 terms each. There are holiday breaks after each term and semester. Singapore’s Ministry of Education has put out the below list of School and Junior College holidays for 2014. These holidays are in addition to Singapore’s Public Holidays in 2014.

SCHOOL, JUNIOR COLLEGE HOLIDAYS	DATE AND DAY
Break between Terms I and II	15 March (Saturday) – 23 March, 2014 (Sunday)
Break between Semesters I and II	31 May (Saturday) – 29 June, 2014 (Sunday)
Youth Day	7 July, 2014 (Monday) (actual holiday is on 6 July, which is a Sunday)
Teachers’ Day	5 September, 2014 (Friday)
Break between Terms III and IV	6 September (Saturday) – 14 September, 2014 (Sunday)
Children’s Day (Holiday only for Primary School)	3 October, 2014 (Friday)
At End of Academic School Year	15 November (Saturday) – 31 December, 2014 (Wednesday)

 

 

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Festivals and Observance Days Which Are Not Holidays in Singapore

In addition to the 11 public holidays, Singaporeans celebrate the following festivals and special days in Singapore’s History. Singaporean employers have the flexibility to grant any of these days as holidays in substitution of the 11 public holidays.

NAME	DATE	DAY	REASON FOR CELEBRATION
Mawlid – Birth of the Prophet	13 January, 2014	Monday	Islamic festval that celebrates the birthday of Prophet Muhammad.
Thaipusam	17 January, 2014	Friday	Hindu Tamil festival celebrates the victory of Goddess Parvati and Lord Murugun over evil.
Valentine’s Day	14 February, 2014	Friday	Christian festival that celebrates feast of St. Valentine, a Roman Catholic saint.
Lantern Festival	14 February, 2014	Friday	Chinese festival that celebrates the last day of Chinese New Year celebration.
Total Defence Day	15 February, 2014	Saturday	In 15 February 1942, the British surrendered Singapore to the Japanese in World War II.
International Women’s Day	8 March, 2014	Saturday	International Celebration of the role of Women
Qingming Festival	5 April, 2014	Saturday	Chinese Pure Brightness Festival, Ancestors Day.
Baisakhi (Vaisakhi)	14 April, 2014	Monday	Sikhs celebrate it as the day the Khalsa was established. Also start of Hindu New Year.
Holy Saturday (Easter Saturday)	19 April, 2014	Saturday	Christian festival that celebrated a day before the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter	20 April, 2014	Sunday	Christian festival celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Mother’s Day	11 May, 2014	Sunday	Celebrate the contributions of mothers.
Dragon Boat Festival	2 June, 2014	Monday	Death anniversary of patriotic poet Qu Yuan.
Father’s Day	15 June, 2014	Sunday	Celebrates the contributions of fathers.
Start of Ramadan (29-days)	28 June, 2014	Saturday	Islamic festival which start the fasting month of Ramadhan.
Singapore Armed Forces Day	1 July, 2014	Tuesday	Parade is held in honor of the armed forces.
Racial Harmony Day	21 July, 2014	Monday	Singapore’s first race riots took place on 21 July 1964.
Hungry Ghost Festival	10 August, 2014	Sunday	Chinese festival to appease ancestors.
Mid-Autumn Festival	8 September, 2014	Monday	Chinese and Vietnamese harvest festival.
Islamic New Year	24 October, 2014	Friday	Celebrates the start of the new Islamic calendar.
Christmas Eve	24 December, 2014	Wednesday	Day before the Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
Boxing Day	26 December, 2014	Friday	Day after the Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
New Year’s Eve	31 December, 2014	Wednesday	Celebrates the last day of the year.

 

 
 

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Images:

• Singapore Chinese New Year (Lantern Festival): Image by fliesyan. Image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
• Singapore National Day Fireworks: Image by William Cho. Image taken from Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
• Singapore Deepavali Celebrations: Image by David Sifry. Image used under Creative Commons License Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).

 

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