Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1882 Kamfanin Kamfanin Arewacin Borneo Chartered ya zaɓi ya kawo ma'aikatan Hakka daga gundumar Longchuan, Guangdong. Rukunin farko na Hakkas 96 da aka kawo zuwa Sabah sun sauka a Kudat a ranar 4 ga Afrilu 1883 a karkashin jagorancin Luo Daifeng (Hakka: Lo Tai Fung). A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, baƙi na Hakka sun zauna a duk faɗin jihar, tare da manyan cibiyoyin jama'arsu a Kota Kinabalu (wanda aka sani da Jesselton) da kewayenta (a cikin gundumomin Tuaran, Penampang, Ranau, Papar, Kota Belud da kuma ƙaramin yanki zuwa Kota Marudu), tare da ƙaramin adadi da ke zaune a Sandakan (galibi tsoffin 'yan juyin juya halin Taiping).
) da sauran manyan al'ummomi a wasu garuruwa da gundumomi, musamman a Tawau, Tenom, Kuala Penyu, Tambunan, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Sipitang, Beaufort, Keningau da Kudat. 'Yan Burtaniya sun ji cewa ci gaban Arewacin Borneo ya yi jinkiri sosai kuma a cikin 1920 sun yanke shawarar ƙarfafa ƙaurawar Hakka zuwa Sabah. A shekara ta 1901, yawan jama'ar kasar Sin a Sabah sun kai 13897; a shekarar 1911, ya karu da kashi 100% zuwa 27801. Hakka shige da fice ya fara raguwa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na 2 kuma ya ragu zuwa matakin da ba za a iya watsi da shi ba a ƙarshen 1940s.