Singapore Will Have 7 Long Weekends in 2023

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced that there will now be seven long public holiday weekends in 2023, up from six, after the date for Vesak Day was revised and honestly, we could not be happier. 

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MOM announced this on September 29 and said that it has gazetted June 2, 2023, as the new public holiday for Vesak Day following the Singapore Buddhist Federation’s (SBF) announcement on the revised date.

The previously announced date for Vesak Day was June 3. This was to be a Saturday.

In a statement on its website, SBF said that it had earlier decided on June 3 date for Vesak Day as determined in reference to the Standard Chinese-Western Multi-Year Almanac.

“Upon receiving feedback from members of the public, we have verified the date against other Chinese almanacs and have established that based on the Mahayana tradition, the date of Vesak Day 2023 shall fall on June 3, 2023, which coincides with the 15th day of the Fourth Lunar Month,” said SBF. 

The Federation apologised for any inconvenience caused and said that it would conduct additional checks and verifications in future to prevent similar occurrences. 

Below, we list out all the other public holidays and long public holiday weekends next year including an impressive four-day break in January.

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Public holidays that fall on a Sunday:

• New Year’s Day (January 1)
• First day of Chinese New Year (January 22)
• Deepavali (November 12)

Public holidays that fall on a Monday:

• Second day of Chinese New Year (Jan 23) 
• Labour Day (May 1) 
• Christmas Day (December 25) 

Public holidays that fall on a Friday:

• Good Friday (April 7) 
• Vesak Day (June 2) 

Other public holidays: 

• Hari Raya Puasa (April 22)
• Hari Raya Haji (June 29) 
• National Day (August 9)

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