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The Governor and former Chief Minister has an excellent relationship with individual ethnic groups, frequently visits the grass roots and has a keen ear for their problems and concerns. His personal project, the Sarawak Cultural Symposium, empowers ethnic communities to discuss identity and heritage and frame a collective vision for a multi-racial future.
gardens, jungle and the
sea directly to the table, and is a dynamic fusion
of all the great South and East Asian cuisines with subtle European influences.
The cost of eating out ranges from inexpensive
to downright cheap, and meals are accompanied
by exotic local fruit juices, home-grown tea and coffee,
imported beers and fine wines, or even the potent local rice wine known as tuak.
Sarawak is a state defined by its culture. Indigenous
Sarawak’s public buildings frequently feature ethnically inspired modern architecture, like the Civic Centre in Bau, modelled on the traditional Bidayuh Baruk or skull house.