Kota Kinabalu: Sabahans are invited to celebrate Sabah Day 2024 at Padang Merdeka here on Aug 31, starting at 6pm. Sabah Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin will officiate the celebration.
Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, who is also the 2024 Sabah Day Celebration Main Committee Chairman, said this year’s celebration is very significant because it will be celebrated with the same theme as the National Day – “Malaysia Madani Jiwa Merdeka”.
“This concept gives space to accept a significant change this time that the Sabah Day is celebrated together with the National Day. This also gives us an awareness of the meaning of independence, which is freedom from colonialism.
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Jeffrey
“It is hoped that this celebration will give impact and awareness to the people, especially about the correction of history that has been left out such as what happened with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) document and the Malaysian Proclamation on Sept 16, 1963.
“In conjunction with the celebration, various programmes will take place from Aug 24, including concerts, historic exhibitions, independence talks, guests, decorated car parades and many more.
Therefore, everyone is invited to come together to celebrate Sabah Day this time,” he said when met by the media after an interview session with SABAHfm and the recording of the Kami Bah Ini! (KBI) segment at the Communications Ministry Integrated Complex, here.
Dr Jeffrey also hopes the young generation will use the opportunity of independence to play a role in making Sabah and Malaysia more advanced.
“The young generation needs to know history and they also need to learn from history about the struggle for us that we have today. Hopefully the young generation can use this opportunity so that Sabah and Malaysia can be more advanced and our potentials can be worked on for the prosperity of our country,” he added.
Dr Jeffrey also invited the public to attend the National Day and Sabah Day 2024 celebration which will be celebrated in the morning of the same day.
