KUCHING: Sarawak will have an additional public holiday as July 22 has been declared a state-wide holiday, commencing this year.
A statement from the Chief Minister's Department (State Administrative Unit) said July 22 is now a public holiday, as cited in the Sarawak Government Gazette and will be known as the Sarawak Independence Day.
In April, Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem brought cheer to more than two million people in the state when he declared the date as a public holiday to commemorate Sarawak's independence from British colonisation.
Adenan made the announcement during the grand finale of the "Sejiwa, Senada" (One Soul, One Harmony) programme.
The decision, he said, was made to recognise and acknowledge the sacrifice and contributions of the state's ancestors who had fought for Sarawak's independence from the British.