
The 2009 Additional Government holidays (introduced in 2002 to boost tourism) will be limited to to four days: September 18 and 23, 2009 (Idul Fitri), December 24 to observe Christmas and January 2, 2010 for the New Year -- from five this year and six last year.
Recall from our post of February 5, that, in addition, civil servants are no longer allowed to take a long weekend leave in addition to a holiday that falls on Thursday or Tuesday.