Upvote:2
Well with a bit more persistent searching I did find this information on a third-party website, so I don't think it's official:
2013 Holiday Schedule of CVASC in Kuala Lumpur Public Holiday |Date |Day ---------------------------------+-----------------+---------------- New Year's Day |January 1 |Tuesday Prophet Muhammad's Birthday |January 24 |Thursday Thaipusam |January 27, 28 |Sunday, Monday Federal Territory Day |February 1 |Friday Spring Festival |February 10 - 12 |Sunday - Tuesday International Labor Day |May 1 |Wednesday Wesak Day |May 24 |Friday Yang di-Pertuan Agong's Birthday |June 1 |Saturday Hari Raya Puasa |August 8, 9 |Thursday, Friday National Day |August 31 |Saturday The Malaysia Day |September 16 |Monday Hari Raya Qurban |October 15 |Tuesday Deepavali |November 2 |Saturday Awal Muharram |November 5 |Tuesday Christmas Day |December 25 |Wednesday
Upvote:3
It seems that you will be fine and the embassy/consulate is open in August 2013. According to the official website of Chinese embassy in Malaysia:
PLEASE BE KINDLY INFORMED THAT THE CONSULAR SECTION OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE FOLLOWING CHINESE HOLIDAYS.
New Yearβs Day January 1-3
Spring Festival February 9-15
Qingming Festival April 4-6
Int'l Labor Day April 29 - May 1
Dragon Boat Festival June 10-12
Mid-autumn Festival September 19-21
National Day October 1-7
I still think this information is missing the national holidays for Malaysia. Usually embassies respect the host countries and stop working on the host's country holidays. So I think they won't be working on August (7-9) depending on the end of the lunar month of Ramadan.