Malaysian 2016 Thaipusam Public Holiday Extended

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Kedah, Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir, has announced that he would once again declare a non-working public holiday in the Malaysian State of Kedah ("occasional state holiday"), on Sunday, January 24, 2016, on account of the upcoming Thaipusam annual federal and public holiday of Malaysia. [full story]