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

 

Phase 54 (Mar – Aug 2024)

i.		29 March 2024 *	Fri	Good Friday
ii.		30 March 2024 *	Sat	The day following Good Friday
iii.		31 March 2024	Sun	Easter Sunday
iv.		1 April 2024 *	Mon	Easter Monday
v.		4 April 2024 *	Thu	Ching Ming Festival
vi.		1 May 2024 *	Wed	Labour Day
vii.		15 May 2024 *	Wed	The Birthday of the Buddha
viii.		10 June 2024 *	Mon	Tuen Ng Festival
ix.		1 July 2024 *	Mon	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

 

Phase 55 (Sep 2024 – Feb 2025)

i.		18 September 2024 *	Wed	The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
ii.		1 October 2024 *	Tue	National Day
iii.		11 October 2024 *	Fri	Chung Yeung Festival
iv.		21 December 2024	Sat	Winter Solstice
v.		25 December 2024 *	Wed	Christmas Day
vi		26 December 2024 *	Thu	The first weekday Christmas Day
vii.		31 December 2024	Tue	New Year's Eve
viii.		1 January 2025 *	Wed	New Year's Day
ix.		28 January 2025	Tue	Lunar New Year's Eve
x.		29 January 2025 *	Wed	The first day of Lunar New Year
xi.		30 January 2025 *	Thu	The second day of Lunar New Year
xii.		31 January 2025 *	Fri	The third 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.

 

3. Classes will be postponed or changed 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 trainee who is unable to attend the scheduled makeup.

 

4. All on-site and online classes will be cancelled without notification if any of the following is/ has been issued by the Hong Kong Observatory^(Note) anytime within the three-hour period before class:

i. Red/ Black Rainstorm Warning; or

ii. “Pre-No. 8 Special Announcement” (in general issued on the Observatory’s website 2 hours prior to the issuance of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8); or

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

Classes will be conducted as scheduled if the above-mentioned warning is lowered 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 onwards will be held as usual).

 

5. In the event that the Education Bureau announces a closure of all schools due to special circumstances (e.g. extreme weather or epidemic situation), individual classes may need to be suspended. Please observe the announcement on this website or contact the Music Office for the latest class arrangements.


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