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OPENING HOURS
Government offices Open Monday to Friday from about 8am to 5pm, with a long lunch
break, and (sometimes) Saturday morning.
Banks Usually 8am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday, plus Saturday morning.
Markets (psar) Open 6.30am to 5.30pm seven days a week.
Shops About 8am to 7pm daily, sometimes later.
POST
» The postal service is hit-and-miss. Letters and parcels sent further afield than Asia can
take up to two or three weeks to reach their destination.
» Send anything valuable by courier service, such as EMS ( 023-723511; www.ems.com.kh ;
Main Post Office, St 13) in Phnom Penh, or from another country.
» Ensure postcards and letters are franked before they vanish from your sight.
» Phnom Penh's main post office has the most reliable poste restante service.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
It is widely believed that Cambodia has more public holidays than any other country on
earth.
In addition to the following, the whole country basically shuts down for an entire week
for Chaul Chnam Khmer (Khmer New Year, usually in April) and P'chum Ben (Festival
of the Dead, in September or October).
Chinese New Year (January or February) and Bon Om Tuk (Water Festival, October or
November) usually mean several days off for the masses as well (although the primary
Bon Om Tuk celebration, in Phnom Penh, was cancelled from 2011 to 2013 after a stam-
pede killed hundreds in 2010).
International New Year's Day 1 January
Victory over Genocide Day 7 January
International Women's Day 8 March
International Labour Day 1 May
King's Birthday 13 to 15 May
International Children's Day 1 June
King Mother's Birthday 18 June
Constitution Day 24 September
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