Regional Identity

By Kent Lo , 23 December, 2025

WE have only one tribe here: Bornean

Forged by Mount Kinabalu and Rajang River. Fed by rice grown under one sun and nourished by the same rains.

 

Gini bah: 

Our lingua franca flows. Multiple tongues. One family.

Our bloodlines fuse. Multiple ancestries. One pulse.

We carry the wisdom of our ancestors.

Kitak tauk sik?

 

Here, every system, every structure, is inclusive.

 

Do not label us as “lain-lain.”

Sini tiada “lain”, Bornean saja.

By Kent Lo , 31 August, 2025

TODAY marks the third year of the official celebration of Sabah Day, symbolising the legal recognition of Sabah’s restored regional status following the 2021 amendment to the Federal Constitution. Before that amendment, Sabah Day was organised only by civil society groups and even required special permits for approval.