Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Malaysia's Sarawak State Declares Public Holiday on June 4

Sources: Bernama and Malaysia public holidays. Earlier today, Sarawak's Chief Minister's Department, announced that Monday, June 4, 2007, had been gazetted as an additional public holiday, in the State of Sarawak, due to the overlapping public holidays of Gawai Dayak and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's birthday. The Gawai Dayak on June 1 and 2 is the annual rice-harvesting festival celebrated by the Dayak community, and a public holiday in Sarawak State only, while the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's birthday is on on June 2, and is a federal public holiday.