From the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration website
Taipei, June 5 (CNA) Taiwanese will receive 115 days off work in 2018, with six extended public holidays, the longest being the six-day Chinese New Year holiday, the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration said Monday.
The administration said the six extended public holidays are: Founding Day of the Republic of China for 2018 (three days), Chinese New Year (six days), Children's Day and Tombsweeping Festival (five days), Dragon Boat Festival (three days), Mid-Autumn Festival (three days) and Founding Day of the Republic of China for 2019 (four days).
Officials indicated that whenever a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, the administration will make arrangements to turn it into an extended holiday, with the previous Saturday used as an official work day.
For example, Tombsweeping Festival next year falls on Thursday, so the following day, Friday April 6, will be included in a five-day public holiday, with the previous Saturday, March 31, a work day.
Similarly, Founding Day of the Republic of China for 2019 falls on Tuesday, so the previous day, December 31, Monday, will be included as part of an extended four-day holiday, with the previous Saturday, Dec. 22, a work day.
