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Hong Kong Working Day Use Cases

See how people use the calculator to plan employment notice, court filings, property purchases, securities disclosures and construction payments. Each example shows the calculator settings and the result. For help with the controls, see the Hong Kong guide. Read more about the rules in our articles.
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HR Manager:

One-Month Employment Notice

Scenario

An HR manager receives an employee's resignation on 15 September 2026 and needs a final employment date for payroll and the handover. The employee has completed probation, works under a continuous contract, and has no notice period stated in the contract. The Labour Department sets a minimum of one month in this situation. The manager is checking a one-calendar-month notice period that includes the day notice is given.

Employment notice period scenario setup
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Scenario Workflow

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9 steps

Step 1

Deadline

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Scenario Result

Notice Given: 15 Sep 2026
Notice Period: 1 calendar month
Last Day of Employment: 14 Oct 2026 (Wednesday)
In this example, the notice day is included, so one month ends on the day before the corresponding date in the next month. Weekends and General Holidays are included.
Confirm the relevant period, notice date, and contract wording before using the result.
Employment notice period result example
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Review the calculator settings in the Manual rules guide or read Employment notice periods in Hong Kong.

Litigation Associate:

High Court Short Filing Deadline

Scenario

A litigation solicitor is preparing a reply that a High Court order requires within five days after service. The solicitor has checked the service rules and gives a deemed service date of 7 January 2026. Before booking the client's review and arranging filing, they need to know when the five-day period ends. This short court period excludes Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays; the calculator starts from the service date the solicitor supplies.

Court filing deadline scenario setup
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Scenario Workflow

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9 steps

Step 1

Deadline

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Scenario Result

Deemed service date supplied: 7 Jan 2026
Timeline: 5 working days (from 8 Jan 2026)
Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
The five-day period begins on 8 January because the supplied trigger date is excluded.
The solicitor has five counted days to prepare and file the reply. Saturday and Sunday are excluded from the 5-day count.
Court filing deadline result example
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Review the Court rules guide or check the Judiciary's Order 3 summary.

Litigation Associate:

High Court Pleading Deadline That Excludes August

Scenario

A litigation associate needs to arrange a client's approval of a pleading before it is served. A High Court order allows five days after service, and the associate has checked that the trigger date is 30 July 2026. The August summer vacation falls inside the period. For this pleading, RHC Order 3 rule 3 excludes August, so the associate needs to count around the vacation rather than apply an ordinary filing deadline.

Calculator setup for Hong Kong pleading deadline with August exclusion
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Scenario Workflow

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8 steps

Step 1

Deadline

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Scenario Result

Trigger Date: 30 July 2026
Timeline: 5 days after service, with August excluded under RHC Order 3 rule 3
Deadline: 4 September 2026
Without the pleading control, a 5-day filing period from 30 July 2026 would finish on 6 August 2026. Turning on Exclude Summer Vacation (August) skips the entire month of August, so the count resumes on 1 September and finishes on Friday, 4 September 2026.
Court pleading deadline result with the August exclusion
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See the Court rules guide and check the Judiciary's Order 3 summary.

Conveyancing Solicitor:

ASP Execution Deadline (First-hand Sale)

Scenario

A purchaser signs a Preliminary Agreement for Sale and Purchase (PASP) for a first-hand residential property on 16 February 2026. Their solicitor needs to book the signing of the formal Agreement for Sale and Purchase (ASP) within the five-working-day period stated by the SRPA. Lunar New Year General Holidays fall on 17–19 February, so the solicitor must allow for the holiday break when arranging documents and an appointment. This example has no black rainstorm or gale warning days.

ASP execution deadline scenario setup
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Scenario Workflow

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11 steps

Step 1

Deadline

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Scenario Result

PASP Signed: 16 Feb 2026 (Monday)
Lunar New Year Holidays: 17–19 Feb (3 General Holidays excluded)
Working Days 1–5: 20, 23, 24, 25, 26 Feb
ASP Deadline: 26 February 2026 (Thursday)
The scheduled count excludes the three Lunar New Year General Holidays, Saturday 21 February, and Sunday 22 February.
The SRPA says that if the purchaser does not execute the ASP within the five-working-day period, the PASP is terminated and the 5% preliminary deposit is forfeited.
ASP execution deadline result example
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Review the settings in the Manual rules guide or read first-hand property sale deadlines.

Compliance Officer:

Substantial Shareholder Disclosure (SFO Part XV)

Scenario

A fund's compliance officer becomes aware on Thursday 2 April 2026 of a share acquisition affecting its existing reportable holding. The officer has checked that this event requires notification within three business days under Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, and needs to arrange the filing around Easter and Ching Ming. Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays do not count. This example has no gale or black rainstorm warning days.

Securities disclosure deadline scenario setup
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Scenario Workflow

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11 steps

Step 1

Deadline

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Scenario Result

Awareness Date: 2 Apr 2026 (Thursday)
Non-working days: 3 Apr (Good Friday), 4 Apr (day following Good Friday), 5 Apr (Sunday), 6 Apr (day following Ching Ming), 7 Apr (day following Easter Monday)
Business Days 1–3: 8, 9, 10 Apr
Disclosure Deadline: 10 April 2026 (Friday)
The holiday cluster leaves no business day between 3 and 7 April. The three counted business days are therefore 8, 9, and 10 April.
Confirm that the event is notifiable, when awareness arose, and whether a warning day affected the count.
Securities disclosure deadline result example
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Learn how to check the omitted dates in the result guide or browse working day articles.

Project Manager:

Contractual Payment After a Certificate

Scenario

The architect issues an interim payment certificate on 25 September 2026. The employer's project manager needs to give the finance team a payment date. For this project, the agreed contract terms allow 14 working days after the certificate, counting Saturdays but excluding Sundays and General Holidays. The holiday following Mid-Autumn Festival (26 September) and National Day (1 October) fall inside the period. The manager uses the Sunday-only setting to match that contract definition.

Construction contractual payment date scenario setup
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Scenario Workflow

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10 steps

Step 1

Deadline

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Scenario Result

Certificate Issued: 25 Sep 2026 (Friday)
General Holidays in Window: 26 Sep (day following Mid-Autumn Festival), 1 Oct (National Day)
Working Days 1–14: 28-30 Sep, 2-3 Oct, 5-10 Oct, 12-14 Oct
Contractual Payment Date: 14 October 2026 (Wednesday)
Fourteen calendar days after 25 September would end on 9 October. This contractual working-day count instead leaves out Sundays, National Day, and the holiday following Mid-Autumn Festival, so it ends on 14 October.
Check the contract for the payment period, trigger date, notice requirements, and consequences.
Construction contractual payment date result example
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Review the Weekend treatment setting or browse working day articles.