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Name : Sudirman bin Hj Arshad

Date of Birth : May 25, 1954

Place of Birth : Temerloh, Pahang

Education 

• Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Temerloh

• Sekolah Rendah Abu Bakar , Mentakab (1963 - 1968)

• Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Bahagia, Temerloh (1969 - 1971)

• Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abu Bakar, Kuantan (1972 - 1975)

• Universiti Malaya (Fakulti Undang - Undang) (1976) 

Career : Lawyer, Actor, Cartoonist, Writer and Entrepreneur

Contribution 

• Represented Malaysia in the World ABU Song Contest in Singapore (1985)

• Duta Nyanyian Pelancongan Malaysia (1986)

• Deputy President of Persatuan Penyanyi , Pemuzik dan Penulis Lagu Tanah Air (PAPITA)

Awards / Honors

• Bintang RTM Champion (1976)

• Best TV Performer at Anugerah Seri Angkasa (1978, 1985)

• Malaysian Tourism Singing Ambassador (1986) (The song To Know Malaysia Is To Love Malaysia became the theme song during the Year of Visiting Malaysia Campaign)

• Outstanding Star Award (1987)

• Medal of Member of the National Board (1988)

• Popular Star Award (1989)

• Asia's Number One Performer (1989) (SALEEM Asian Music Award, at the Royal Albert Hall, London)

• Malaysia's Guinness Stout Effort Award (1989)

• Member of the Pahang Crown Medal (1992)

• National Champion Degree (1992)

• Malaysia's No. 1 Entertainer (NST) (1993)

• Music Industry Award (1993)

• Degree of Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (2009)

Date of Death : February 22, 1992

Place of Death : Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Reason : Pneumonia

Burial place : Islamic Cemetery Kg Chengal, Temerloh

Additional Information

The late Dato' Sudirman Hj. Arshad, who was nicknamed "The Singing Lawyer", made his name in the Malaysian Book of Records after holding a free giant concert in Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur that managed to amaze nearly 100 thousand city residents to flood the street on April 15, 1986. The song he sang was "Chow Kit Road". Allahyarham was also the first singer from Malaysia to be named Asia's Number 1 Entertainer at the Asian Popular Music Award held at the Albert Hall, London. Apart from being an entertainer, the deceased is also talented in writing. The deceased won the First Prize in the Mobil-Malaysian Association of Book Publishers Awards, an award for his children's literary novel Taming Si Budak Pintar in 1995, which contains various children's stories to produce intelligent children. This award was received after his death. The deceased was also a columnist for the 'Teringat-ingat' column in the URTV entertainment magazine, published by Utusan Melayu and as a Resident Writer at the Karangkraf Group. He wrote and drew for magazines published by Karangkraf at that time such as Bacaria, Nona, Media Hiburan, Weekly Children and Teenagers. In the world of acting, the late Allahyarham once held the lead role as Tookoo in the musical film KAMI in 1983.