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TUSAU PADAN

A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION

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"QUOTATION"

HE IS VERY HARD-WORKING, AND KEEPS HIS PROMISES; ALWAYS CHEERFUL.

NELSON TAN
NELSON'S GALLERY

THE LATE AND MUCH MISSED TUSAU PADAN WAS A MAN WHOSE WELCOMING SMILE WARMED THE HEARTS OF SARAWAKIANS AND THE STATE'S COUNTLESS VISITORS. HIS SAPE PLAYING CONTINUES TO LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AS DOES HIS SMILE WHICH STILL BEAMS AT US FROM TOURIST BROCHURES.
IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE SHOUT TOO LOUD TO BE HEARD, HE LET HIS MUSIC SPEAK. IN A AGE WHERE AGGRESSION WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO TO, HIS GENTLE DANCING FLEW HIM WITH THE GRACE OF HORNBILLS.
HE IS IRREPLACEABLE.

DATUK TAJANG LAING

I HAVE MUCH GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE LATE TUSAU, HIS PERSONALITY CAREER AND CONTRIBUTION AS AN ORANG ULU PARTICULARLY, AND ALSO FOR THE STATE OF SARAWAK (AS WELL AS MALAYSIA). HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT KINDNESS, BIG HEARTED (AS THE ENGLISH MAY SAY); DESPITE HIS SUCCESS HE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND DOWN TO EARTH. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL, YET HE WAS ONE OUR "BETTER EDUCATED" PERSON IN THE BROADEST MEANING OF THE WORLD.

Y.B. SENATOR DING SELING

I HAVE KNOWN THE LATE PAK TUSAU PADAN FOR MANY YEARS WHILE HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SARAWAK MUSEUM. HE IS A MAN WHO POSSESSED A GREAT SILL IN TRADITIONAL MUSIC, IN CARVING AND DANCING. I ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AS A VERY POLITE AND FRIENDLY PERSON AND USED TO GIVE HIM A NICKNAME `A MAN WITH A GOLDEN TOOTH'. HIS DEMISE IS A GREAT LOSS TO US WHO HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO HIM.

ABANG HAJI KASSIM BIN ABG MORSHIDI
GENERAL MANAGER, STIDC

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