This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has released the list of Singapore’s public holidays for next year. There will be long weekends aplenty. There will be seven long weekends (with holidays either falling on a Friday or Monday) for Singaporeans next year.
Five public holidays fall on a Friday: The second day of the Lunar New Year (February 20), Good Friday (April 3), Labour Day (May 1), Hari Raya Puasa (July 17) and Christmas Day (December 25). National Day 2015 falls on a Sunday, so the Monday that follows will be a public holiday. MOM also noted that the date for Deepavali for next year is subject to change, and will need to be confirmed when the Hindu Almanac is available, usually by the first half of next year. At the same time, MOM also confirmed that Deepavali this year will fall on October 22, a Wednesday, and not October 23 as previously announced, after consulting with the Hindu Advisory Board.
Thus, October 22 this year will be gazetted as a public holiday. The list of public holidays for 2015 is also available on MOM’s website. Employees are looking forward to the bumper crop of long weekends next year which is the highest since 2010 which also had seven long weekends.
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