Ku qor sii wadida sadarkan - Sannadkii 1882 Shirkadda North Borneo Chartered waxay dooratay inay keento shaqaalaha Hakka ee ka socda Degmada Longchuan, Guangdong. Dufcaddii ugu horreysay ee 96 Hakka ah oo la keenay Sabah waxay ku degtay Kudat 4tii Abriil 1883 iyadoo uu hoggaaminayo Luo Daifeng (Hakka: Lo Tai Fung). Tobannaankii sano ee xigay soogalootiga Hakka waxay degeen gobolka oo dhan, iyada oo xarumahooda ugu waaweyn ee dadweynaha ay ku yaalliin Kota Kinabalu (oo markaa loo yaqaanay Jesselton) iyo nawaaxigeeda (degmooyinka Tuaran, Penampang, Ranau, Papar, Kota Belud iyo sidoo kale in yar oo ka yar Kota Marudu), iyadoo dad tiro yar oo ku nool Sandakan (ugu horrayntii kacaan-doonka ex-Taiping
) iyo dadweyne kale oo badan oo ku nool magaalooyin iyo degmooyin kale, gaar ahaan Tawau, Tenom, Kuala Penyu, Tambunan, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Sipitang, Beaufort, Keningau iyo Kudat. Ingiriisku wuxuu dareemay in horumarka Waqooyiga Borneo uu aad u gaabis yahay 1920-kii waxayna go'aansadeen inay ku dhiirrigeliyaan soogalootiga Hakka ee Sabah. Sannadkii 1901, tirada guud ee Shiinaha ee ku nool Sabah waxay ahayd 13897; sannadkii 1911, waxay kor u kacday 100% ilaa 27801. Tahriibta dadka reer Hakka waxay bilaabatay inay hoos u dhacdo intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka waxayna hoos ugu dhacday heer aan la qiyaasi karin dabayaaqadii 1940-yadii.