A new public holiday will start from next year.
Cabinet has approved a National Sports Day public holiday.
The date of this public holiday will be finalised by the Minister for Labour, Jone Usamate.
Ten public holidays have been confirmed for 2015.
New Year’s holiday will be on Thursday January 1st, Prophet Mohammed’s birthday falls on the 5th of January next year, Good Friday is on the 3rd of April, Easter Saturday is on the 4th of April while the Easter Monday public holiday is on the 6th of April.
The Fiji Day public holiday falls on Saturday the 10th of October, Diwali is on the 11th of November, Christmas Day public holiday is on Friday the 25th of December while the Boxing Day holiday is on Monday the 28th of December.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
