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[[File:Sabah Malaysia Hari-Merdeka-2013-009.jpg|thumb|right|The celebration in 2013.]] |
[[File:Sabah Malaysia Hari-Merdeka-2013-009.jpg|thumb|right|The celebration in 2013.]] |
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[[File:Flag of Sabah (1963-1982).svg|thumb|right|The first [[flag of Sabah]] after achieving a [[Self-governance|self-government]] on 31 August 1963.]] |
[[File:Flag of Sabah (1963-1982).svg|thumb|right|The first [[flag of Sabah]] after achieving a [[Self-governance|self-government]] on 31 August 1963.]] |
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'''North Borneo Self-government Day''' is a [[Self-governance|self-government day]] celebrated on 31 August every year by the [[States and federal territories of Malaysia| |
'''North Borneo Self-government Day''' is a [[Self-governance|self-government day]] celebrated on 31 August every year by the [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|State]] of [[Sabah]] in [[Malaysia]].<ref name="sbh">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/insite/insite_display/691|title=Sabah Early History|work=Sabah State Government|publisher=[[New Sabah Times]]|date=6 December 2007|accessdate=30 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530141213/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/insite/insite_display/691|archivedate=30 May 2014|deadurl=yes|df=}}</ref><ref name="his">{{cite web|url=http://www.sabah.gov.my/mobile/en_GB/Home/About|title=Sabah's People and History|publisher=Official Portal Of The Sabah State Government (Mobile)|work=Sabah's Heritage: A Brief Introduction to Sabah's History, Sabah Museum, Kota Kinabalu|date=1992|accessdate=31 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530163504/http://www.sabah.gov.my/mobile/en_GB/Home/About|archivedate=30 May 2014|deadurl=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/76245|title=Tanah airku - My homeland - 美丽的国家|publisher=Sin Chew Daily|date=6 August 2012|accessdate=31 May 2014|author=Bob Teoh|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530161825/http://www.mysinchew.com/node/76245|archivedate=30 May 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref> Only since 2012, the holiday has been received widely by the Sabah state government and the citizen of Sabah as the [[Hari Merdeka]] was not the right celebration day for the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=86562|title=Sabah must celebrate Independence Day on Aug 31: Jeffrey|publisher=[[Daily Express (Sabah)|Daily Express]]|date=27 August 2013|accessdate=30 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530140736/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=86562|archivedate=30 May 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://borneoinsider.com/2013/08/27/sabah-must-assert-and-celebrate-independence-on-31-august/|title=Sabah must assert and celebrate Independence on 31 August|publisher=The Borneo Insider|date=27 August 2013|accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/08/27/merdeka-no-relevance-to-sabah-sarawak/|title=Merdeka ‘no relevance’ to Sabah, Sarawak|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|date=27 August 2012|accessdate=30 May 2014|author=Michael Kaung}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/sabah-sarawak-50-years-in-malaysia-plagued-by-bad-politics-joe-fernadez|title=Sabah, Sarawak: 50 Years in Malaysia plagued by bad politics — Joe Fernadez|publisher=The Malay Mail|date=7 October 2013|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref> |
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While North Borneo Self-government Day is often referred to as 'Independence Day', this is strictly speaking incorrect, since British legislation on North Borneo's self-government did not provide for its independence prior to it joining to form the federation of Malaysia.<ref>{{cite book|author=A J Stockwell (editor)|title=British Documents on the End of Empire, Series B Volume 8: Malaysia|url=https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Malaysia.html?id=juXAmf2t1qEC|year=2004|publisher=The Stationery Office|page=lxxx|isbn=9780112905813}}</ref> In 2018, the Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF) has called the state government to gazette the day as "Sabah Day" and declare it as a state holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/08/01/gazette-august-31-as-sabah-day-foundation/|title=Gazette August 31 as ‘Sabah Day’ – foundation|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=1 August 2018|accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref> |
While North Borneo Self-government Day is often referred to as 'Independence Day', this is strictly speaking incorrect, since British legislation on North Borneo's self-government did not provide for its independence prior to it joining to form the federation of Malaysia.<ref>{{cite book|author=A J Stockwell (editor)|title=British Documents on the End of Empire, Series B Volume 8: Malaysia|url=https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Malaysia.html?id=juXAmf2t1qEC|year=2004|publisher=The Stationery Office|page=lxxx|isbn=9780112905813}}</ref> In 2018, the Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF) has called the state government to gazette the day as "Sabah Day" and declare it as a state holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/08/01/gazette-august-31-as-sabah-day-foundation/|title=Gazette August 31 as ‘Sabah Day’ – foundation|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=1 August 2018|accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref> |
Sabah Day | |
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Official name | Hari Sabah |
Observed by | Sabah |
Type | State |
Significance | Marks the establishment of the self-government in North Borneo |
Date | 31 August |
Next time | 31 August 2024 (2024-08-31) |
Frequency | annual |
North Borneo Self-government Day is a self-government day celebrated on 31 August every year by the StateofSabahinMalaysia.[1][2][3] Only since 2012, the holiday has been received widely by the Sabah state government and the citizen of Sabah as the Hari Merdeka was not the right celebration day for the state.[4][5][6][7]
While North Borneo Self-government Day is often referred to as 'Independence Day', this is strictly speaking incorrect, since British legislation on North Borneo's self-government did not provide for its independence prior to it joining to form the federation of Malaysia.[8] In 2018, the Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF) has called the state government to gazette the day as "Sabah Day" and declare it as a state holiday.[9]
After the end of the World War II, the territory was administered by the British Military Administration which later transferred to the Crown Colony government in 1946 as the British North Borneo Chartered Company facing a difficulties due to the high cost to reconstructing North Borneo.[1][10] The task to reconstructing the territory was later taken by the Crown colony government with the first Crown Colony Governor appointed was Edward Twining on 5 May 1949.[1] Ralph Hone succeeded him to continue the reconstruction of the territory and later Roland Turnbull until the last Crown Colony governor of William Goode.[1] After all the reconstruction projects been completed, the Crown Colony government later decided to grant a self-government to the territory on 31 August 1963 which is 16 days before the establishment of the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.[1][2][10]
North Borneo Self-government Day, 31 August, also happens to be Hari Merdeka (Independence Day), a national day of Malaysia commemorating the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British colonial rule in 1957. The Borneo Heritage Foundation and Sabah DAP have stated that they will be celebrating 'Sabah Independence Day' instead of Hari Merdeka on that day.[11]
Starting from 2015, as been stated by the Minister of Communication and Multimedia Ahmad Shabery Cheek, the Independence Day celebration is likely to be held without mentioning the number of years to prevent the people in Sabah and Sarawak from being isolated if the number of independence anniversaries was stated.[12] However, the Minister of Land Development of Sarawak Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Masing reminded that since 16 September had been declared as Malaysia Day, it should be the rallying point for the nation's unity. He added "Everyone now knows that 31 August is Malaya's and Sabah's Independence Day… it's not our (Sarawak) independence day. They can celebrate it both in Malaya and in Sabah as they have the same Independence Day date, and we can join them there if they invite us. We must right the wrong". Masing was commenting on Shabery Cheek’s recent proposal that Malaysia should continue to commemorate 31 August as its Independence Day, without mentioning the anniversary year.[13]
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