Sarawak Independence Day 2017



Sarawak day or sarawak independence day is a holiday observed on 22 july every year by the state of sarawak in malaysia celebrating the establishment of self government in sarawak on 22 july 1963.

Sarawak independence day 2017. What is sarawak day. After negotiations in july 1963 it was agreed that malaysia would come into being on 31 august 1963 consisting of malaya. In 2016 the sarawak government under chief minister adenan satem officially gazetted 22 july as a sarawak public holiday and that it henceforth be known as sarawak independence day.

North borneo sarawak and singapore were also granted some autonomy unavailable to the states of malaya. Sarawak independence day is a public holiday in sarawak where it is a day off for the general population and schools and most businesses are closed. Malays make up only 23 percent of the population in sarawak one of two malaysian states on the island of borneo.

The official sarawak independence day public holiday was gazetted by the government of sarawak in 2016 to raise awareness about. Hari merdeka also known as hari kebangsaan or national day is the official independence day of federation of malaya. Selamat hari merdeka to all malaysian s.

This day marks the start of the period of self governance for sarawak in 1963. List of dates for other years. We will be closed on august 31 2017 by admin.

In may 2016 the chief minister s office announced that a new public holiday had been created on july 22 and would be known as sarawak independence day. Sarawak independence day also known as hari kemerdekaan sarawak hari sarawak or sarawak day is a holiday observed on 22 july every year by the state of sarawak in malaysia celebrating the establishment of self government and de facto independence on 22 july 1963. Public holiday for merdeka day hari raya haji 2017.

Julai 22 2017 julai 22 2017 sk nanga sengaih pengumuman umum 1963. 6 26 tan sri pehin sri haji adenan bin satem was the fifth chief minister of sarawak in office from 2014 to 2017. Sarawak was granted self government on july 22 1963 under the condition it would join malaya north borneo and singapore to form malaysia.

Is sarawak independence day a public holiday. Many residents felt that merdeka day the day of malaysia s independence was too malaya centric and did not provide insight into the culture of sarawak.