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J F M A M J J A S O N D
- PENANG HOLIDAYS
& FESTIVALS 2004
- (incorporating Malaysia, Brunei,
Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and India Public and School Holidays and
Festivals)
- Penang's multi-racial
population ensures a full year of festivals and happenings
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YOUR EVENTS TO INCLUDE IN THIS
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- REMINDERS:
- 1. Since 09.22.98 Malaysia has introduced
currency controls upon entry and exit. Visitors can bring in unlimited amount
of foreign currencies but not more than RM1000 in Malaysian currency. They can
bring out not more than the amount of currencies they brought in. Prescribed
currency declaration form must be filled in upon entry and exit.
- 2. Since 01.01.99 Malaysia has declared an
additional rest day on the first Thursday or Saturday of the month
(respectively for States having Friday or Sunday as a public holiday). All
government departments and most companies close on that day. ALL BANKS CLOSE
on that Thursday or Saturday!
- 3. Malaysian government announced on
01.21.00 another additional rest day on third Thursday or Saturday of the
month for all government departments beginning Feb 2000.
- JANUARY
- 08 Nov '03 - 04 Jan '04
Malaysia School Holidays (07 Nov '03 - 03 Jan
'04 Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu)
- ? Hong Kong School Holidays
-
- Thu 01
- NEW YEAR'S DAY
- (except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis &
Terengganu)
- Welcome Reception - Main entry points: Visitors
will be treated to a traditional welcome upon arrival at the airport, seaport
and railway station.
- Sat 03 - FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
- Holiday for government departments,
banks and some private companies.
- 05 (?) - Guru Gobind Singh
-
- 12 (?) - 139th Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
- Ramakrishna Ashrama: celebrated with evening
prayers, devotional songs and talk on Messages of Swami Vivekananda
- Thu 14 - Makara Sankrati
-
- Fri 16 -
Ponggal
- Celebrated by Malaysian Indians as a
thanksgiving for bountiful harvest, on the 10th month of the Tamil calendar.
Highlight is the cooking of rice from freshly-harvested padi with milk
and brown sugar in a new claypot until it flows over
- __ (?) - World Aids Day
-
-
- Sat 17 - THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
- Holiday for government departments, banks and
some private companies
- Sun 18 - BIRTHDAY OF SULTAN KEDAH
- (Kedah only - date subj to change
yearly)
-
- Thu-Fri 22-23 - CHINESE NEW YEAR (Monkey
Year) (Lunar Calendar 1M1D)
- Spring Festival -
The Chinese New Year is the first day of the first moon in the lunar calendar.
Chinese families host "open house" for relatives and friends. Children love
this new year as elders dress them up in new clothes and present them with
"red packets" containing money (to signify abundance). Lion dances usher in
the new year. Celebrations run until the 15th day.
-
- Mon 26 - India Republic Day
- - Basant Panchami
-
- Wed 28 - Human's Day or Mankind's
Birthday
- Seventh Day of the first moon which is everybody's birthday according to
Chinese folklore. Celebrated with dining which include a menu item comprising
of raw fish "yee sang" and condiments and everybody joining in must
participate in mixing the ingredients with chop sticks and tossing them as
high as possible to bring forth roaring business and long life.
-
- Thu 29 - Chor Soo Kong's Birthday
- Snake Temple: Birthday of the diety Chor Soo Kong at the Snake Temple in
Bayan Lepas on the eighth day of the first moon.
-
- Fri 30 - Emperor of Heaven's Birthday
- Ninth day of first moon - Jade Emperor's birthday according to Chinese
legend. Chinese of the Hokkien dialect in Penang pray to the Jade Emperor with
offerings which must include the traditional sugar canes on the eve of this
day, around midnight.
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FEBRUARY
- Sun 01 -
FEDERAL TERRITORY DAY
- (Kuala Lumpur and Labuan only)
- -
HARI RAYA QURBAN (Hari Raya Haji Aidil Adha)
-
- Mon 02 - HARI RAYA QURBAN (2nd day)
- (Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu only)
-
- Thu 05 - CHAP GOH MEH
(Lunar Calendar 1M15D)
- Esplanade: 15th night of Chinese New Year, the first full moon night of
the lunar calendar. This marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations,
normally celebrated in Penang with an "orange-throwing" event by young girls
(to get good husbands) at the sea off Esplanade (sort of Penang's Chinese
Valentine's Day) and the traditional Dondang Sayang serenaders going around
the island in a gaily decorated bus.
- -
THAIPUSAM
- (Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang and Selangor)
- Hindu festival of purification. Very elaborately celebrated to honour Lord
Murugan during the full moon day in the month of "thai" (which normally falls
in the month of January or February). A breathtaking experience to witness
devotees pierce their bodies with skewers and hooks, carrying "kavadees" along
the streets of Georgetown to the Waterfall Road temple.
- The Silver Chariot carrying the idol of Lord Murugan will leave the Queen
Street temple one day earlier to be welcomed by devotees breaking coconuts
along the procession route and return the day after the actual day starting in
the evening.
- Sat 07 - FIRST
SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
- Fri 06 - Science of Spirituality Society: Birthday
Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj
- __ (?) - Chinese New Year
Open House
- Acheh/Armenian Street: organised by the State
Government with food and entertainment for the benefit of tourists at Khoo
Kongsi, Cannon Square/Armenian Street where various Chinese clan associations
are situated
-
-
-
Fri 14
- Valentine's Day
Sat 21 - THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
All government departments, banks and some
private companies are closed
-
-
- Wed 18 - Maha Shivaratri
-
- 19 (?) - Thailand
Makabucha Day
-
- Sun 22 - MAAL HIJRAH (Awal Muharram 1425)
- Islamic New Year
23 (?) - Brunei National Day
-
- MARCH
13-21 Mar - Malaysia School Holidays (9 days)
__-__ Mar - Singapore School
Holidays
? Thailand School Holidays
? Indonesia School Holidays
GREAT MALAYSIA SALE MONTH - mega shopping carnival throughout
the country in March, August, December.
Sat 06 - FIRST SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
- Holi
- (?) - World
Day of Prayer
Thu 04 - ANNIVERSARY OF
INSTALLATION OF SULTAN OF TERENGGANU
(Terengganu only)
-
-
- Mon 08 - Commonwealth Day (second Monday in
March)
-
Observed annually on second Monday of March by all member
countries. Celebrated by the Royal Commonwealth Society of Malaysia with an
evening of cocktails and entertainment at its clubhouse at Jalan Birah,
Damansara Heights.
-
- 08 (?) - International Women's
Day
-
-
Tue 09 - Goddess of Mercy's Birthday
- Sat 13 - SULTAN OF
SELANGOR'S BIRTHDAY
- (Selangor only - second Saturday in March)
-
-
- __ - __ (?) - Malaysia-Petronas F1 Grand Prix
- Sepang GP Circuit. Kuala Lumpur:
-
Sat 20 - THIRD
SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
-
-
- 21 (?) - Naw-Ruz (Bahai's New Year)
- Celebrations of the 160th New Year by the Bahai
Community in Penang
Mon 22 - World Water
Day
-
25 (?)
- Indonesia Caka New Year
- - Police
Day
26 (?) - Indonesia Nyepi
-
- Tue 30 - SULTAN OF
KELANTAN'S BIRTHDAY
- (Kelantan only)
Wed - 31 - additional public holiday in Kelantan
- Ram Navami
APRIL
JAPANESE GOLDEN WEEK -
? April - ? May: should see an influx of Japanese tourists in Penang being the
golden week where Japanese take leave for their holidays
- Fri 02 - Science of Spirituality Society: Bhandara Hazur
Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj
-
- Sat 03 - Mahavir Jayanti
-
- 04 (?) - Penang Scouts' "Founder's Day"
- State Scout HQ:
-
-
- Sun 04 - Cheng Beng Day
- "Pure and Bright Day" or All Souls Day or Tomb
Sweeping Day or Qing Ming Festival is celebrated by Chinese families visiting
the graves of their ancestors to pay respects with offerings and to beautify
the graves (between 10 days before and after the actual day, which is 106th
day after Winter Solstice).
-
-
- Sat 03 - FIRST
SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
-
- 06 (?) - Thailand Chakri
Memorial Day
-
- Thu 08 - SULTAN OF
JOHOR'S BIRTHDAY
- (Johor only)
-
- World Health Day
- Fri 09 - GOOD FRIDAY
- (Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore only)
Sun 11 - Easter Sunday
Mon 12 - Easter Monday
- 13-16 (?) - Songkran
Festival (Thai) Dhagyan Festival (Myanmar)
- Thai/Burmese Temples: Water Splashing Festival
- celebrated by the Thai/Myanmar communities in Penang to usher in their new
year by splashing water onto everyone around for good luck
-
- Tue 13 -
Vasakhi - Birth of the Khalsa (Sikh
Brotherhood)
- 2004 year marks the 305th Vasakhi celebrated by
the Sikh community. Celebrations at Sikh Gurdwara Temple
- - Varusha Pirappu - Hindu New Year
-
- National Forest Day
-
- Thu 15 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DECLARATION OF MALACCA AS HISTORICAL CITY
DAY
- (Malacca only)
-
-
National Water Festival
Sat 17 - THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
Mon 19
- SULTAN OF PERAK'S
BIRTHDAY
(Perak only)
-
- Mon 19-25 - Secretaries'
Week
-
- Thu 22 - Earth Day
-
-
- Thu 22 - Administrative
Professionals Day
- Administrative Professionals Week from 19 to 25
-
MAY
- 29 May - 13 Jun Malaysia School Holidays (28 May
- 12 Jun Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu)
- (17 days)
- __ May- __ Jun Singapore School Holidays
- JAPANESE GOLDEN WEEK ? April-? May
-
- Sat 01 - LABOUR DAY
-
- FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST
DAY
-
- Sun 02 - BIRTHDAY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.)
-
- Mon 03 - WESAK DAY (Buddha Purnima 2004 - B.E.
2548 (Lunar Calendar 4M15D)
- Theme for the Year:
- Procession at night through the streets of Georgetown. Charity and
religious programmes throughout the month.
03 (?) - Thailand Coronation Day
- Fri 07 - HARI HOL
PAHANG
- (Pahang only)
- 08 (?) -
World Red Cross Day
Sun 09 - Mother's Day
(second Sunday of May)
09 (?) - Indonesia Ascension
of Jesus Christ Day
-
- 11 (?) - International Nurses' Day
-
- 15 (?) - World Family Day
-
- 16 (?) - Teacher's Day
- Mon 17 - BIRTHDAY OF
TUANKU RAJA PERLIS
- (Perlis only)
-
- World Telecommunications Day
- - Thailand Visakhabucha Day
- Sat 15 - THIRD SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
- (?) - Citrawarna Malaysia "Colours of Malaysia"
Parade
- Kuala Lumpur: Street Parade to rival that of the
famous Samba Parade of Rio de Janeiro. Parade to kick start "Colours of
Malaysia" Month. Celebrations in all states.
- (?) May - (?) Jun
- YTL-Penang
Festival of Arts
- Month-long programme of opera, music, theatre, dance,
art and poetry.
- (?) May-(?) Jun - Penang International Floral Festival
- Botanical Gardens: Penang's most popular floral garden
motivated this colourful festival Tel. secretariate 604-227 0428 or email: jkbunga@sukpp.gov.my
-
- 23 (?) - World Turtle
Day
-
- Sun 30 - Science of
Spirituality Society: Bhandara Dayal Purush Sant Darshan
Singh Ji Maharaj
-
Sun 30-31 - HARVEST FESTIVAL
- (Sabah and Labuan only)
-
- Mon 31- Anniversary of the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment
- (Brunei only)
- World No Tobacco Day
JUNE
- __ May __ Jun Singapore School Holidays
- ? Jun-? Jul Indonesia School Holidays
-
- Tue-Wed 01-02 - DAYAK FESTIVAL
- (Sarawak only)
-
- 06 (?) - International Penang Bridge Run
- USM/Penang Bridge: Annual 21km run - attracts
thousands (12,000) of local and international runners to run this 3rd longest
bridge in the world.
-
-
- (?) - 26th Penang International Dragon Boat Festival
- Races will be held at RM135 million Teluk
Bahang Dam on the island.
- Details on Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, email
hkdba@hksbd.org.hk
- Details on Singapore Drgaon Boat Festival, email sdba@cyberway.com.sg
-
- Tue 22 - Chang (Dumpling)
Festival
(Lunar Calendar 5M5D)
- This Chang Festival, Tuen Ng Festival or Dragon Boat
Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is
during this period that the Chinese eat "chung", a pyramid-shaped glutinous
rice dumpling stuffed with meat or beans wrapped in bamboo or reed
leaves.
05 (?) - World Environment Day
- Sat 05 - KING'S BIRTHDAY
- (First Saturday in June)
- This is also the first Saturday of the month, additional rest day shall
fall on the following Saturday
Sat 12 - REPLACEMENT OF FIRST SATURDAY REST DAY
(Lunar Calendar 5M15D)
- Sun 20 - Father's Day
- (third Sunday of June)
-
- Sat 19 - THIRD SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
-
- (?) (Lunar Calendar
6M1D)
-
- (?)
Festival of San
Pedro
- Malacca: The Portuguese community's traditional
festival is set to attract about 20,000 tourists to the settlement in Ujong
Pasir this weekend. Held annually in honour of St. Peter, the patron saints of
fishermen. Celebrations normally include float procession from the Santiago
Gate of A'Famosa to the Portuguese Settlement, telematch carnival, cooking,
fishing and handicraft competitions. Details call
(606)284 7050
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- JULY
- ? Jul-? Aug Hong Kong School
Holidays
-
- 01 (?) - Singapore
Youth Day
- - Hong Kong SAR Establishment
Day
-
- ? - 9th Penang
International Salon Gastronomique and Sajian 2002
- Penang International Sports Arena (PISA): an
entertaining spectacle for participating chefs to show off their culinary
skills and fascinating recipes.
- Sat 03 - FIRST SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
- ? - National Park July Fest
- Syah Alam, Selangor:
07 (?) - Singapore
Youth Day
07 (?)- Singapore School
Holiday (Youth Day)
- Sat 10 - GOVERNOR OF
PENANG'S BIRTHDAY
- (Penang only - second Saturday in July)
-
? - Penang
International Mountain Bike Open Championship
Youth Park: a challenge open to avid bikers
from all over the world
-
- (?) (Lunar Calendar 6M15D)
-
- 15 (?) - H.M. The Sultan of
Brunei's Birthday
- (Brunei only)
17 (?) - Thailand
Khao Phansa Day
- 18 (?) - Goddess of Mercy's Birthday
Mon 19 - YANG DI PERTUAN
BESAR OF NEGERI SEMBILAN'S BIRTHDAY
- (Negeri Sembilan only)
- Tue 20- BIRTHDAY OF SULTAN
TERENGGANU
- (Terengganu only)
-
- Sat 17 - THIRD SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
- Penang-Bon Odori Charity Carnival 2004
(?)
Esplanade: A Japanese-inspired festival - to
celebrate the homecoming of ancestral spirits, with songs, dances, and drum
performances at a charity food and fun fair 5pm to 10pm. 9pm Fireworks
Display. VISIT OUR BALLOON STALL AT BON ODORI PENANG - balloons for all
occasions http://penangresort.com/estores.htm
-
- Thu 22 - 33rd World
Forestry Day
-
- ? - Penang National Food and Fruits Fest Closing Ceremony
- Gurney Drive: a delectable range of Penang local food
and fruits along Gurney Drive, with sensational live concerts to compliment
the lively atmosphere
-
- Sun 25 - St Anne's
Feast
- Bukit Mertajam: Falls on the Sunday on or after 26
July. Pilgrims are expected from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia
for the 10-day Novena beginning 19 to 28 July.
Highlight of Feast on ? July with 1km procession from the new church grounds
to St. Anne's Hill after the 7pm mass.
-
Sun 25 - Science of Spirituality Society: Masters'
Day
(fourth Sunday of July) http://penangresort.com/org/sospenang.htm
Tue 27 - Science of Spirituality Society: Birthday Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj
Sat 31 - Warriors' Day
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AUGUST
- 21-29 Aug - Malaysia School Holidays (9 days)
- __ Aug- __ Sep - Singapore School
Holidays
-
- GREAT MALAYSIA SALE MONTH -
mega sale carnival throughout the country in the months of March, August,
December
- Wed 04 - Goddess of Mercy's Birthday
-
- Fri 06 - (Lunar Calendar 7M1D)
- Start of Hungry Ghosts Festival
-
- Sat 07 - FIRST SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
- (?) - Cowherd and Weaving Maiden Festival
- Celebrated on seventh day of seventh moon - Chinese practice of praying to
the legendary fairy on the moon with offerings of food a special type of
face-powder - a rapidly disappearing practice.
-
-
- 08 (?) - Senior Citizens Day
-
-
- 09 (?) - Singapore National
Day
- (Singapore only)
11 (?) - Singapore
Public and School Holiday (Day After National Day)
Thu 12 - HM Queen of Thailand's Birthday
-
- Fri 13 - International Left-Hander's Day
-
-
- Sun 15 - India Independence Day
-
- Sat 21 - THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
-
- 17 (?) - Indonesia Independence Day
-
-
- Sat 21 - Science of Spirituality Society: Bhandara
Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj
-
-
- Sun 22 - HARI HOL ALMARHUM SULTAN JOHOR
- (Johor only)
-
- Sat 28 - Onam
-
- Sun 29 - Raksha Bandhan
-
- Mon 30 - Hungry Ghost Festival (Lunar Calendar
7M15D)
- Month-long festival starting from first day of seventh moon. Street-side
offerings to the spirits "released from Hades" of prayers, food and
entertainment (opera shows, puppet shows, concerts, etc.)/
-
-
- Tue 31 - MALAYSIA NATIONAL
DAY
- 2004 marks the 47th year that Malaysia has
gained independence
-
- __ Aug-__ Sep - Singapore School Holidays
- 01 (?) - Singapore School Holiday (Teacher's Day)
-
-
- Sat 04 - FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
Sun 05 - Grand Parent's Day
-
-
- Tue 07 - Janamashtami
-
- Sat 11 - SARAWAK YANG
DI-PERTUA NEGERI'S BIRTHDAY
- (Sarawak only - second Saturday in September)
Sun 12 - ISRAK DAN MIKRAJ (Ascension of
Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.)
(Kelantan, N. Sembilan and Perlis only)
Tue 14 - Science of
Spirituality Society: Birthday Anniversary Dayal Purush Sant Darshan Singh Ji
Maharaj
Thu 16 - SABAH
YANG DI-PERTUA NEGERI'S BIRTHDAY
(Sabah only)
- Malaysia
Day
Mon 20 - Science of Spirituality Society: Birthday of Sant Rajinder Singh
Ji Maharaj
Sat 18 - THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
-
- Tue 28 - Moon Cake Festival
(Lunar Calendar 8M15D)
- Mid-Autumn Festival or
Lantern Festival - fifteenth day of the eighth lunar moon. The full moon
symbolises reunion. In the evening when the full moon rises, Chinese in Penang
get together to eat moon cakes and the children rejoice with lantern
processions. Street procession in the streets of Georgetown (nearest Saturday
night)
Thu 30 - World Heart
Day
- OCTOBER
- ? Thailand School Holidays
- Fri 01 - Malaysia National Senior Citizens Day
-
- Children's Day (Singapore School Holiday)
- - Hong Kong National Day
- - International Elders Day (U.N.)
-
- World Habitat
Day
-
- Sat 02 - FIRST SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
- Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
- (?) 5th PDC International
FTZ Run 2002
- PISA: celebrating PDC's 34th Anniv.
(?) - Hong Kong Chung Yeung
Festival
-
- (?) - Loy
Krathong (Lunar Calendar
9M15D)
- Wat Puppharam, Jalan Perak: Celebrated by the Thai
community in Penang. A festival celebrating the end of the raining
season.Procession to Persiaran Gurney to release floats (krathong) made by
weaving banana leaves and decorated with flowers and incense into the
sea.
-
- Sat 09 - MALACCA YANG DI-PERTUA NEGERI'S
BIRTHDAY
- (Malacca only - second Saturday in October)
Thu 14 - Nine Emperor Gods' Birthday
(Lunar Calendar 9M1D)
Kiu Ong Yah Temples: all over Penang. devotees of Nine Emperor Gods will
observe a strict vegetarian diet for nine days, culminating in a sending off
ceremony of the dieties on floats off the sea in Weld Quay. Celebrations in
temples with mediums playing with hot boiling oil, sharp spike iron balls,
walking on razor sharp blades, etc.
-
- Fri 15 - AWAL RAMADAN
- (Johor, Kedah and Malacca only) - Start of Muslim fasting
month
-
- Sat 16 - World White Cane Day - for the blind
-
-
- Sat 16 - THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
-
-
- Thu 21 - Penang Free School
Speech Day
-
- International Deaf Day - HOPA 2004
- Fri 22 - Dussehra
(?) Oktoberfest
Celebrated at the Malaysian-German society premises in
Air Itam from 6.45 pm. Entertainment by the Inntaler Musikanten band from
Munich and typical German food. Details, contact Clara at Tel:229 6853. Also,
celebrations in hotels.
- Sat 23
- Thailand King Chulalongkorn Memorial
Day
- Sun 24 - SULTAN OF PAHANG'S
BIRTHDAY
- (Pahang only)
-
-
-
- Sun 31 - NUZUL AL-QURAN
(Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Terengganu only
- all schools in all states)
-
- Halloween
- 11 Nov '04 - 02 Jan '05 Malaysia School Holidays (10
Nov '04- 01 Jan '05 in Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu) (53 days)
- __ Nov - __ Dec Singapore School Holidays
- Mon 01 - All Saints'
Day
-
- Goddess of Mercy's Birthday
-
-
- Sat 06 - FIRST SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
-
- Tue 02 - Bosses'
Day
-
-
- All Souls' Day
-
- (?) - STARWALK 2003
Esplanade: the premier sporting event in the
northern region with 12000 participants expected from all over Malaysia. Now
in its 31st year
-
- ? - PESTA PULAU
PINANG (Penang Festival)
until 31
December
- Pesta Site, Sungei Nibong: This year's Penang Festival
has been brought forward to November due to the Puasa (fasting) month in
December. Trade and Industrial Fair at Sungei Nibong and plenty of events to
celebrate the month-long festival.
-
- (?) (Lunar Calendar
10M15D)
-
- ? - Bazaar Ramadhan
- Komtar Pedestrian Mall: a variety of food, clothing
and other items associated with Ramadhan will be on sale during this
period.
-
- Thu 11 - DEEPAVALI
-
Deepavali Open House
- Little India (vicinity of Penang Street): This Hindu
Festival of Lights which marks the victory of good over evil is celebrated in
a grand way by the people of Hindu faith. Visitors are invited to the "open
house" at Little India along Market, King and Queen Streets to witness
entertaining cultural performances and sampling of Indian delicacies
-
Sun-Mon 14-15 -
HARI RAYA PUASA (Aidil
Fitri)
-
- Sat 20 -
THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY-
- Universal
Children's Day (U.N.)
- Tue 23 - Sai Baba's 78th
Birthday (1926)
-
-
- (?) (Lunar Calendar 11M1D)
-
-
- Thu 25 - International Meatless Day - Animal
Rights Day
Fri 26 - Guru Nanak's Birthday
28 (?) - Thanksgiving
Day
- Whole Month Malaysia School Holidays until 02
Jan '05 (53 days)
Whole Month Singapore School Holidays
? Hong Kong School Holidays
- GREAT MALAYSIA SALE MONTH - mega shopping carnival thoughout the country in the months of
March, August and December
-
Wed 01 - World Aids
Day (U.N.)
- Thu 02 - International Day
of Disabled Persons (U.N.)
-
- (?) Feast of St. Francis Xavier
-
- Sun 05 - HM King of
Thailand's Birthday
Sat 04 - FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH REST DAY
- (?) - Winter Solstice (Lunar Calendar 11M15D)
- Chinese Thanksgiving Day, six weeks before Chinese New
Year: Tung Yuan - time for family reunion with eating of sweet soup of
glutinuous rice balls white and pink colour (pink for luch and prosperity).
"Yuan" means "round" to symbolise family unity.
-
Fri 10 - Thailand
Constitution Day
Sat 11 -
BIRTHDAY OF SULTAN OF SELANGOR
Sat 18 - THIRD SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH REST DAY
-
- Tue 21 - Winter Solstice
-
- Sat 25 - CHRISTMAS DAY
-
- Penang Grand Parade
- Georgetown: This street parade sees participants from
government and private sectors, schools, youths and multi-cultural troupes.
Termed the "best of the best". the event features cultural performances,
school bands, and float procession along the famous streets of Penang.
- Fri 31 - Welcome Concert 2004
- Esplanade: Welcoming the Year 2004 with a grand
concert with vibrant fireworks
-
- TYT Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup
2001
- Penang Turf Club: premier horse racing event
for His Excellency The Governor of Penang's Gold Cup
NOTE:
- above dates are not 100% correct
- events typed in all capital letters denote public
holiday
- where a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the
following day is a holiday
- where a public holiday falls on the first or third
Saturday of the month, the following Saturday shall be the additional rest
day
- Muslim holidays are subject to sighting of the
moon
- ? denotes date is subject to confirmation
- Future Chinese New Year
dates: 22 Jan 2004 Monkey Year, 09 Feb 2005 Rooster Year, 29 Jan
2006 Dog Year, 18 Feb 2007 Pig Year, 07 Feb 2008 Rat Year, 26 Jan 2009 Cow
Year, 14 Feb 2010 Tiger Year, 03 Feb 2011 Rabbit Year
- Future Ching Ming Dates: 30 Apr 2004, 20
Apr 2005, 9 Apr 2006, 28 Apr 2007
- Future Easter Dates: 9 Apr
2004
- Future Chang Festival Dates: 22 Jun 2004,
11 Jun 2005, 31 May 2006, 19 Jun 2007
- Future Lantern Festival Dates: 28 Sep 2004, 18
Sep 2005, 30 Oct 2006, 19 Oct 2007
Calendrical Calculations -
Multi-Calendar Conversion Site - http://umunhum.stanford.edu/~lee/cgi-bin/lunar.cgi
- Perpetual Calendar Site - http://www.vaxxine.com/steveb/calendar/calendar.eht
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