Sources: The Jakarta Post and Indonesia public holidays. Yesterday, coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare, Aburizal Bakrie, announced the national holidays and joint leave days for 2008. The 2008 decree on holidays and joint leave stipulates those religious holidays that cannot be moved, 14 national holidays and six days of joint leave. These joint leave days will be used to create long weekends.Analysis: This announcement does not affect most of the 2008 Indonesia public holidays that we have predicted and supplied to our professional clients, many years in advance. The only holidays whose dates may be modified are the Muslim ones (as always) and the date for Nyepi and Waisak. In addition some extended weekend holidays will be added to bridge the gap between holidays falling on a Tuesday or Thursday and the nearest weekend.
Update: Over the weekend, Q++ Studio registered users will automatically receive an update which includes the 7, one-off, bridge holidays declared by the Indonesian government for 2008 only.
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