http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=119147

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), December 21, 1999

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Y2K Fears Prompt China To Move New Year Holiday To Old Year

BEIJING, Dec 17, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) China is so worried about the possible impact of the millennium bug that it has moved the official New Year's holiday back to the last day of 1999.

"In order to deal with the millennium bug, the official day off will be shifted to December 31, 1999 from January 1, 2000," said a notice from the General Office of the State Council, carried in all major dailies Friday.

The notice effectively moves the holiday from January 3, as New Year's Day falls on a Saturday.

The notice instructed government departments and local authorities to keep a close eye out for Y2K problems. ((c) 1999 Agence France Presse)

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-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), December 21, 1999.

Linkmeister,

This would make it a typical 3 day holiday-Fri., Sat., Sun.

According to my `other half', a P.R.C. national, this is what is normally done and "no big deal". It caught my attention too so I asked `other' about it.

Thanks for your work here!

-- maid upname (noid@ihope.com), December 21, 1999.

more on china from Inside China:

"Some Of Chinas Institutions Are Poorly Prepared To Face Y2K Problems

The Problem Is "Far More Serious Than We Thought"

http://www.insidechina.com/ features.php3?id=119953

(SNIP) People involved in contending with China's Y2K problem are not going to inform the masses about the situation................

China's plan for the masses, however, is to be "keyed up inside but to present a calm face to the public." (END SNIP)

sounds familiar, huh?

-- mebs (andrea@mebs.lurk), December 21, 1999.