Virtual PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2021 Zipevent
Virtual PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2021

Speaker

Datu Aloysius J. Dris Zipevent

Datu Aloysius J. Dris

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF YAYASAN PERPADUAN SARAWAK

Datu Aloysius J. Dris is a Chief Executive for Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) with vast successful experience in the management under the chairmanship of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud.

Before serving as Chief Executive of YPS, Datu Aloysius, who retired from government service in 2003, after 32 years in both federal and state civil services, was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Angkatan Zaman Mansang (AZAM) Sarawak and Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) for 13 years.

Datu Aloysius was also a former Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Tourism in Sarawak and later became Chief Executive Officer of the Sarawak Tourism Board from 1999 – 2003.

Experiences that Inspire - The Rainforest World Music Festival

26 November 2021 | 09:00 - 09:30 | Conference Room

The Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. During this session, we will sit down with Datu Aloysius Dris, one of the pioneers of the Rainforest World Music Festival, and Robert Basiuk, who helped co-found the event, to learn more about the founding of one of the most awaited musical festivals that Sarawak proudly hosts each year.