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| Use | Civil andstate flag |
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| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 16 September 1988; 37 years ago (1988-09-16) |
| Design | Red, white and three different shades of blue |
| Designed by | Yaman Ahmad Mus |
Theflag of Sabah, a state ofMalaysia, was adopted on 16 September 1988, the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Malaysian Federation. 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 shown on the flag (and the state's coat of arms) isMount Kinabalu.[1][2]
The five different colours represent the fivedivisions in Sabah.[3]
On 31 August 1963, Sabah adopted a four-striped flag (red over white over yellow over blue) with a green canton and a brown mountain – symbol of Mount Kinabalu. It was designed by Idris Echin, a Land and Survey Department architect who hailed from Jesselton (nowKota Kinabalu). The green canton represents the State's young land and forests, while Mount Kinabalu brown in colour represents the people's unity. The red stripe represents courage and the willingness to sacrifice for the country, white represents purity, yellow represents state's riches and blue represents peace and happiness.[4][5]
The second flag design was created in 1981 by theSabah People's United Front Party (BERJAYA)-led state government, and was formally adopted on 1 January 1982, the day Peninsular Malaysia aligned its time with that of Sabah and Sarawak to create a unifiedMalaysia Standard Time.[6] It had a completely different design from the previous one: blue over white with a red triangle on the hoist. It is similar to theTrisakti flag used by the neighbouring state ofSarawak until 31 August 1988, which was red over white with a blue triangle on the hoist. The state government explained that red represents courage and aspiration, blue stands for peace and progress and white for sincerity and truth. The change was made reportedly because the Mount Kinabalu was also the symbol of theUnited Sabah National Organisation.[7] The decision to exclude Mount Kinabalu from the flag at that time did not enjoy support from majority of the Sabah populace.[8][9]
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| Kota Kinabalu |  | Four horizontal bands of red, white, yellow and green and a light blue canton with a dark blue silhouette ofMount Kinabalu. |
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