I AGREE that moving all public holidays to the beginning or the end of the work week will not be feasible because many of the public holidays are religious in nature, and are celebrated beyond Malaysia, “Not practical to move all holidays to weekends”, (The Star, May 24).
So there is no question of moving Hari Raya or Christmas or Deepavali. In many places though, like in Britain, there is the spring bank holiday; May Day (Workers Day) is the first Monday in May (rather than May 1).