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

 

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

 

Phase 56 (Mar – Aug 2025)

i.		4 April 2025 *	Fri	Ching Ming Festival
ii.		18 April 2025 *	Fri	Good Friday
iii.		19 April 2025 *	Sat	The day following Good Friday
iv.		20 April 2025	Sun	Easter Sunday
v.		21 April 2025 *	Mon	Easter Monday
vi		1 May 2025 *	Thu	Labour Day
vii.		5 May 2025 *	Mon	The Birthday of the Buddha
viii.		31 May 2025 *	Sat	Tuen Ng Festival
ix.		1 July 2025 *	Tue	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

 

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. If the following circumstances occur or have occurred at any time within 3 hours before the class starts, all on-site and online classes will be canceled without further notice:

i. Red/ Black Rainstorm Warning; or

ii. “Pre-No. 8 Special Announcement” (as announced on the Hong Kong Observatory’s webpage “Status of Pre-No. 8 Special Announcement”); or

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

iv. Extreme Condition

However, if the above circumstances cease three hours before class commencement, classes will proceed as scheduled (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).