Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Malaysia's Sarawak and Sabah States Want September 16 National Public Holiday

Sources: The Star and Malaysia public holidays. Following up on our post of last Saturday, we were able to confirm that the 2 Malaysian States of Sarawak and Sabah are indeed looking into having September 16 included as a national public holiday, to mark the day Malaysia was formed.

Analysis: In the current context of the federal government trying to reduce the number of public holidays in Malaysia, it seems unlikely that yet another public holiday would be added to the list of Malaysia's public holidays, although we will continue to monitor the situation.