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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Papua New Guinea

The list of Papua New Guinea bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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16 Apr 2007 (The National-Port Moresby) A public holiday was declared today following the death of Peter Tsiamalili, the Administrator of the Autonomous Papua New Guinea Region of Bougainville. • 13 Sep 2006 Independence Day 2006 In a snap decision on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, the cabinet of Papua New Guines decided to reverse its earlier decision, and to have an additional public holiday on Monday September 18, 2006, to compensate the fact that this year's Independence Day falls on a weekend. • 11 Jan 2006 (Pacific Magazine) Papua New Guinea (PNG) has declared tomorrow a public holiday for the National Capital District (NCD) of Port-Moresby, on the occasion of the funeral of former Prime Minister Sir William Skate. • 21 Dec 1999 (Papua New Guinea Post-Courier-Port Moresby) Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Sir Mekere Morauta, announced yesterday that the National Executive Council had approved a one-off public holiday for Friday, December 31, 1999, as a precautionary measure, should there be any Y2K-associated problems. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Papua New Guinea public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Papua New Guinea are regulated by the Employment Act No. 54 of 1978 which refers for the list of public holidays to the Public Holidays Act 1953 (Chapter 321 of the Consolidated Legislation of Papua New Guinea). • Sunday Public Holidays: Section 1 (2) of the Public Holidays Act stipulates that when any of the public holidays falls on a Sunday, the next day, Monday, shall be declared a public holiday. This is slightly altered for Christmas Day (see below). • Saturday Public Holidays: Although, public holidays occurring on a Saturday are not officially supposed to move to the next Monday, there have been recent cases when this was done, and in some cases, this was announced only 2 days before the actual public holiday . • Although Christmas Day is always celebrated on Dec. 25th, the public holiday or "day off" from work takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 27 when Dec. 25 is a Sunday. Monday the 26th, Boxing Day, is already a public holiday. • Remembrance Day was moved from July 23 to April 25 for 2005 to be celebrated at the same time as ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. It was later thought that Papua New Guinea should have its own day and that ANZAC Day was for Australia and New Zealand to celebrate. • Death of Leading Politicians: The death of leading politicians, active or retired, often results in the last-minute declaration of a national public holiday of mourning . • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Papua New Guinea, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Papua New Guinea, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Papua New Guinea, before planning any trip to Papua New Guinea. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.