The major public holidays in Singapore reflect the cultural and religious diversity of the country, including the Chinese New Year, Buddhist Vesak Day, Muslim Hari Raya Puasa as well as Hari Raya Haji, and Hindu Deepavali. Public holidays related to the Christians are Christmas Day and Good Friday. This represents a carefully calibrated distribution of public holidays given to each group.

Amongst the eleven public holidays, four of them fall on fixed dates. The four holidays are the New Year's Day (1st January), Labour Day (1st May), National Day (9th August) and Christmas Day (25th December). The other public holidays are based on various calendars, including Lunar Calendar, Buddist Calendar, Islamic Calendar and Hindu calendar.

The Ministry of Manpower maintains the complete and updated list of public holidays in Singapore, as issued by the Government.

Scheduled Public Holidays

Holiday	2007	2008
New Year's Day	January 1, Monday *1	January 1, Tuesday
Chinese New Year	February 18 & 19, Sunday & Monday *2	February 7 & 8, Thursday & Friday
Good Friday	April 6, Friday	March 21, Friday
Labour Day	May 1, Tuesday	May 1, Thursday
Vesak Day	May 31, Thursday	May 19, Monday
National Day	August 9, Thursday	August 9, Saturday
Hari Raya Puasa	October 13, Saturday	October 1, Wednesday
Deepavali	November 8, Thursday	October 28, Tuesday @1
Hari Raya Haji	December 20, Thursday	December 8, Monday
Christmas Day	December 25, Tuesday	December 25, Thursday

*1 The following Tuesday, 2 Jan 2007, will be a public holiday in view of the Hari Raya Haji on 31 Dec 2006 falling on a Sunday.

*2 The following Tuesday, 20 February 2007, will be a public holiday.

@1 The date, 28th October 2008, for Deepavali needs to be checked against the Indian Almanacs when they become available towards the end of 2007.

Scheduled School Holidays

Youth Day July 1

Day after National Day August 10

Teachers' Day September 1

Children's Day (For Primary Schools) October 1

* Mondays are school holidays for any school holiday that falls on a Sunday.

School Term Holidays

The following lists scheduled school term holidays observed by all students in pre-tertiary level national schools.

Semester 1

After Term 1: 1 week, usually in March
Saturday 10 March - Sunday 18 March 2007

After Term 2: 4 weeks, usually at the end of May to the end of June
Saturday 26 May - Sunday 24 June 2007

Semester 2

After Term 3: 1 week, usually in September
Saturday 1 September - Sunday 9 September 2007

After Term 4: 6 weeks, usually at the mid of November to the end of December
Saturday 17 November - Monday 31 December 2007