Buuxi weedhan soo socota: 1882 Shirkadda North Borneo Chartered Company waxay dooratay inay keento shaqaale Hakka ah oo ka yimid 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, muhaajiriinta reer Hakka waxay degeen gobolka oo dhan, iyadoo xarumahooda ugu waaweyn ee dadweynaha ay ku yaalliin Kota Kinabalu (oo markaas loo yaqaanay Jesselton) iyo agagaarkeeda (degmooyinka Tuaran, Penampang, Ranau, Papar, Kota Belud iyo sidoo kale in yar oo ka mid ah Kota Marudu), iyada oo dad tiro yar oo muhiim ah ay ku nool yihiin Sandakan (inta badan horey loogu yeeri jiray).
Taiping kacaan) 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.