Arrangements for Holidays / Class Suspension / Inclement Weather

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Arrangements for Holidays / Class Suspension / Inclement Weather

1. Classes will be suspended and postponed on the following days (gazetted general holidays are marked with a *). No separate notifications will be issued.

 

Phase 58 (Mar – Aug 2026)

i.   3 April 2026 * Fri Good Friday
ii.   4 April 2026 * Sat The day following Good Friday
iii.   5 April 2026  Sun Easter Sunday
iv.   6 April 2026 * Mon The day following Ching Ming Festival
v.   7 April 2026 * Tue The day following Easter Monday
vi   1 May 2026 * Fri Labour Day
vii.   25 May 2026 * Mon The day following the Birthday of the Buddha
viii.   19 June 2026 * Fri Tuen Ng Festival
ix.   1 July 2026 * Wed Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

 

Phase 59 (Sep 2026 – Feb 2027)

i.   26 September 2026 * Sat The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
ii.   1 October 2026 * Thu National Day
iii.   19 October 2026 * Mon The day following Chung Yeung Festival
iv.   22 December 2026 Tue Winter Solstice
v.   25 December 2026 * Fri Christmas Day
vi   26 December 2026 * Sat The first weekday after Christmas Day
vii.   31 December 2026 Thu New Year's Eve
viii.   1 January 2027 * Fri New Year's Day
ix.   5 February 2027 Fri Lunar New Year's Eve
x.   6 February 2027 * Sat The first day of Lunar New Year
xi.   7 February 2027 Sun The second day of Lunar New Year
xii.   8 February 2027 * Mon The third day of Lunar New Year
xiii.   9 February 2027 * Tue The fourth day of Lunar New Year

 

2. Classes will be suspended and postponed when an instructor is absent due to illness or an emergency, and no substitute can be arranged by the Music Office. The Music Office will not arrange another make-up class or refund for individual trainees who are unable to attend the scheduled makeup.

 

3. Classes will be postponed or change to another venue when classrooms cannot be made available by the teaching venue concerned. If a venue is suddenly closed due to an emergency, the Music Office will inform the trainees through SMS as soon as possible. The Music Office will not arrange another make-up class or refund for individual trainees who are unable to attend the scheduled makeup.

 

4. All on-site and online classes will be cancelled without notification if any of the following situation arises/ has arisen anytime within the three-hour period before class‡:

i. Red/ Black Rainstorm Warning; or

ii. “Pre-no.8 Special Announcement” (as announced by the Hong Kong Observatory on its “Status of Pre-no.8 Special Announcement”  webpage); or

iii. Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above; or

iv. “Extreme conditions” as announced by the Government.


Classes will be conducted as scheduled if the above-mentioned situation ceases three hours before class (e.g. if the typhoon signal is lowered at 2pm, classes starting before 5pm will be cancelled while classes starting from 5pm and onwards will be held as usual).


‡ No make-up class or refund will be arranged for classes cancelled due to inclement weather. Instructors will adjust the teaching plan accordingly.