Flag of Sabah 1963-1981
On 31 August 1963, Sabah adopted a four striped flag, red over white over yellow over blue, and a green canton with a brown mountain.
The meaning of the flag created in 1963 is very similar to the current flag adopted in 1988.
Flag of Sabah 1982-1988
n between the 1963 flag and the 1988 (current) flag another flag was used, adopted 1 January 1982. It was a completely different design: blue over white with a red triangle on the hoist. It looked very much like the flag used by
Sarawak (the other Malaysian state on
Borneo) until 31 August 1988, which was red over white with a blue triangle on the hoist.
The state flag of Sabah (1982–1988) was created in 1981 under the administration of
BERJAYA (Sabah People's United Front Party) from 1976 until 1985.
This flag is almost similar to the
flag of the Philippines and the
flag of the Czech Republic.
Now Flag of Sabah
The current
flag of the state of
Sabah, in
Malaysia, was adopted on 16 September 1988. It is red, white and three different shades of blue. The mountain is in the canton as in the 1963 flag, but now in dark blue on a light blue background. The field is medium blue over white over red. The mountain on the flag (and coat-of-arms) is Mount Kinabalu (4101 m).
The five different colors represent the five residencies of the Sabah state.
- A silhoutte of Mount Kinabalu represents Sabah state.
- Zircon blue color represents peace and calmness.
- Icicle blue color represents unity and prosperity.
- Royal blue color represents strength and harmony.
- White color represents purity and justice.
- Chilli red color represents courage and determination.
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