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May Day was not established as a public holiday until 1933.

There is no service at the weekend or on public holidays.

Until 2005, only 1 and 2 January were public holidays.

It is a public holiday in all of the Indian states.

It is recognized as a public holiday on May 1.

You do not have to give staff paid time off for bank and public holidays.

It has been a public holiday of Taiwan since 2011.

A public holiday, which can be celebrated across a nation.

His birthday is one of the most important public holidays in the country.

The low figure was probably because it struck in the morning on a public holiday.

Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work.

Staff are entitled to take one of these days as a public holiday.

May 17, a Tuesday this year, is a public holiday.

This two dates were public holidays between 1992 and 2000.

We need to end the public holiday for Labour day.

It is still one of the public holidays in Egypt.

However, the public holiday spans over three to four days.

This is a list of public holidays in Kosovo, 2013.

As a public holiday, much of the businesses in the country are closed on this day.

A street parade, local public holiday and a series of events are held.

The state government declared 27 and 28 July as public holidays.

The park is open throughout the year, excluding some public holidays.

It used to be a public holiday, at least in Sweden.

What does that mean for me as a tourist at this public holiday?

On April 1st, citizens were given a public holiday and a chance to vote.

Its a very bad end to a holiday, she said.

She called again, two days before the holiday, to change her mind.

But then, why should a holiday be different from any other day?

But given the nature of the holiday, he held back.

We'll have a good 3 weeks holiday ahead of us.

Looks my next holiday will have to take in a few.

Most people ask about your last holiday when you get home.

If you're a student with a holiday job, you may not have to pay tax.

The holiday was a difficult one for the president last year.

Now, people often ask me, why go on holiday in the first place?

And I can go away on a holiday at last.

Without you every morning would be like going back to work after a holiday.

He went on holiday with a friend and his family.

Several years ago, I went on holiday with some friends.

Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months.

Because you'll say to people, did you take all your holiday last year.

Not really, I never get a holiday in the summer!

So how much would a week's holiday for two cost you?

What other things is people likely to get out of a holiday though?

One young person gave up a holiday to America just to help us.

But we are not here on some kind of holiday!

Who has a better right to a holiday than I have?

One of my friends was looking for a holiday job.

He told me you're home from college now on your holiday break.

Of course not everything goes according to plan at a large holiday party.