May 2 to be declared a public holiday(?)

[noxibox]

Zimbabwe has fewer than South Africa. A shining example to us all.

 

[Nick333]

Which specific eastern countries have few or no public holidays?

I don't know. Don't recall saying that they did.

 

[Nick333]

Although it would appear that China has four a year.

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/58/public_holidays/Far-East-Asia/China.html

 

[Nick333]

And Koreas done away with 5 since 1976.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_South_Korea

 

[pimal3]

And Koreas done away with 5 since 1976.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_South_Korea

If you count the days, it still works out to 14 days off for the workers. Should we emulate this?

 

[Nick333]

If you count the days, it still works out to 14 days off for the workers. Should we emulate this?

Really? I count ten.

 

[Highflyer_GP]

We don't seem to have as many as some countries. Malaysia has 16 (subject to change on a yearly basis), Japan has 15, UK has 16 etc. I would hardly call these countries (or their people) failures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country