Plan for Kaamatan to be national holiday


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 29 Apr 2017

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah may consider a proposal to make the annual Kaamatan or Harvest Festival a national event with a public holiday for the whole country.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan said the suggestion by former Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal might be brought up to the state government’s central leadership if the opportunity arises.

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