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MALAYSIA 2015 PUBLIC HOLIDAY

DATE	OCCASION
1 JANUARY 2015	NEW YEAR’S DAY
3 JANUARY 2015	PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (MAULIDUR RASUL)
1 FEBRUARY 2015	FEDERAL TERRITORY DAY
3 FEBRUARY 2015	THAIPUSAM
19; 20 FEBRUARY 2015	CHINESE NEW YEAR
1 MAY 2015	LABOUR DAY
3 MAY 2015	WESAK DAY
6 JUNE 2015	THE YANG di-PERTUAN AGONG’S BIRTHDAY
4 JULY 2015	NUZUL AL-QURAN
17; 18 JULY 2015	AIDILFITRI
31 AUGUST 2015	NATIONAL DAY
16 SEPETEMBER 2015	MALAYSIA DAY
24 SEPTEMBER 2015	AIDILADHA
14 OCTOBER 2015	AWAL MUHARRAM
10 NOVEMBER 2015	DEEPAVALI
24 DISEMBER 2015	PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (MAULIDUR RASUL)
25 DISEMBER 2015	CHRISTMAS
END OF THE 2015

Malaysia is a multiracial country. The Malaysian consists of 3 main races which are Malays, Chinese and Indians. Therefore,  Malaysia one of the country which had many public holidays alongside other Asian country. Malaysia was listed as top 5 as a country which had a lot of public holidays. There are two types of public holidays in Malaysia, those at national and state levels. National holidays are normally observed by most governmental and private organisation. State holidays are normally observed by certain states in Malaysia or when it is relevant to the state itself.

Every year, the public holidays in Malaysia are repetitive but sometimes fall on a different date or month. Still, the holiday are because of the same reason. The holiday that unchanged is the New Year’s Day, Labour Day, National Day, Malaysia Day and Christmas. The religious and ethnic holidays depend on their own calendar. As examples, the Muslim used the Islamic Calendar, the Chinese used Lunar Calendar and the Indians used Saka Calendar.

Other site that can be refer for more holidays : holidays

Written by: Aini Jalwa Binti Ahmad Kamal