Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1882 North Borneo Chartered Company yakasarudza kuunza vashandi veHakka kubva kuLongchuan County, Guangdong. Chikwata chekutanga che96 Hakkas chakaunzwa kuSabah chakasvika kuKudat musi wa4 Kubvumbi 1883 pasi pehutungamiriri hwaLuo Daifeng (Hakka: Lo Tai Fung). Mumakumi emakore akatevera, vatama veHakka vakagara mudunhu rose, nenzvimbo dzavo huru dzevagari muKota Kinabalu (yainzi Jesselton) nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza (mudunhu reTuaran, Penampang, Ranau, Papar, Kota Belud pamwe nechikamu chidiki kuKota Marudu), nevadiki vanogara muSandakan (kunyanya vekare-
Taiping revolutionists) nevamwe vanhu vakawanda mune mamwe mataundi nematunhu, kunyanya muTawau, Tenom, Kuala Penyu, Tambunan, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Sipitang, Beaufort, Keningau neKudat. VaBritain vakafunga kuti kukura kweNorth Borneo kwaive kunonoka uye muna 1920 vakasarudza kukurudzira Hakka kutamira kuSabah. Muna 1901, huwandu hwevanhu vechiChinese muSabah hwaive 13897; na1911, yakanga yakwira 100% kusvika 27801. Hakka immigration yakatanga kuderera panguva yeHondo Yenyika II uye yakaderera kusvika padanho risingakoshi mukupera kwema1940.