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I HAVE VERY FOND MEMORIES OF TUSAU. HE WAS WITH ME ON NUMEROUS TOURISM PROMOTING OVERSEAS - ENGLAND, UNITED STATES, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE; NOT COUNTING THE FREQUENT TRIPS TO PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.
TUSAU
LITERALLY DANCED HIS WAY AROUND THE WORLD AND THRILLED THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS, WITH HIS SAPE MUSIC, HIS BLOW-PIPE AND ORANG ULU DANCES.
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QUALITY WHICH I GREATLY ADMIRED IN THE MAN, WAS HIS INNER STRENGTH OF SELF-CONFIDENCE. WHEREVER HE WENT, HE WAS NEVER INTIMIDATED BY STRANGE LANDS, PEOPLES OR CULTURES AND WAS COMPLETELY CALM AND AT EASE WHETHER PERFORMING FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE OR VIPS! SIMPLE, HUMBLE UNPRETENTIOUS AND ALWAYS FRIENDLY, TUSAU WAS A DELIGHT TO WORK WITH IN HIS OWN WAY, HE HAD CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL TOWARDS CREATING A GREATER AWARENESS OF SARAWAK OVERSEAS. |
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DENNIS HON
FORMER
PERMANENT SECRETARY,
MINISTRY
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NOT ONLY IS TUSAU A MULTI-TALENTED PERSON, BUT HE IS ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE. HE IS GENEROUS IN SPIRIT, KING AND HAS A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR. AS A PERSON, HE WAS REALLY WORTHY TO KNOW. |
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PHILIP YONG
BORNEO
ADVENTURE |
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TUSAU WASN'T JUST AN ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMER. HE WAS ALSO A WONDERFULLY PATIENT TEACHER. HE SPENT HOURS SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH YOUNG MUSICIANS AND DANCERS AT SCV. |
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JANE LIAN
SARAWAK
CULTURAL VILLAGE |
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I ONCE MET TUSAU IN AN AIRPORT IN WEST MALAYSIA. HE WAS IN TRANSIT COMING BACK FROM ONE OF THE MANY TRIPS HE MADE TO EUROPE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO ASSIST WITH THE PROMOTION OF THE STATE FOR TOURISM. HE TOLD ME OF HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE TRIP AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES HE HAD FACED WITH THE EXPENSES, THE WEATHER, THE COMMUNICATION, THE FOOD AND THE LOGISTICS. ALL THESE POINTS WERE RELATED NOT AS COMPLAINTS BUT WITH A TYPICAL TUSAU SMILE, IN THE SPIRIT OF AN ADVENTURE.
TUSAU
WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND BECAME THE ICON FOR WHAT WE WISH TO REPRESENT OUR PRODUCT. HE REPRESENTED THE UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE, THE FRIENDLINESS, THE HOSPITALITY, THE TALENT AND ABOVE ALL THE GENTLENESS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF SARAWAK. IN THIS HE WAS ALWAYS THE PERFECT AMBASSADOR FOR THE STATE.
TUSAU
LEFT US VERY SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT MUCH OF A CHANCE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO TOURISM AND ARTS. THANKFULLY, HIS MEMORY AND HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON IN HIS ART AND HIS MUSIC. THIS EXHIBITION STANDS NOT ONLY AS TESTIMONY TO THE DEPTH OF TUSAU'S ARTISTRY BUT ALSO REMINDED OF THE MAN WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE. |
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ROBERT BASIUK
SARAWAK
TOURISM BOARD |
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