By Danial Yusof
GOMBAK, 16 February 2015: Last week, we have lost our precious person in Malaysia, specifically in sports field. He had made a lot of contributions in sports industry. His voice can make listeners amazed of it. So far, no one can replace him. He was the person who was always calm while doing his job. His words were also different from other commentators. This is why he was called a man with golden voice.
His experience as a commentator was more than 30 years. He had been working in significant organisation like RTM or big companies like Media Prima and ASTRO. The man was none other than Datuk Haji Hasbullah Awang.
He started his broadcasting career in 1974 where he worked at RTM Kuantan, Pahang as a broadcasting assistant and later moved to Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur in 1980. In 1992 he joined TV3 and worked there for two years and later came back to RTM in 1994 and worked as a part-timer commentator. He once worked as a deejay at RTM Kuantan and Rangkaian Nasional (National Network) Angkasapuri for 10 years before he became a sports commentator at several organisations including RTM, TV3 and recently ASTRO.
What made him an idol to people in sports industry was his voice and his style of giving comments. He had his own style and ways of conveying his words to the audiences. His voice was very special and he had a good tone of voice and he managed to use it perfectly. He had never lack of ideas and he was always confident when giving his comments. He frequently used words that sometimes we would never imagine in our mind but those words were really outstanding to be heard. Plus, people would surely recognise his voice if he took charge as a commentator for a sports exhibition, especially football match. From that, we did recognise his voice that had made himself a popular personality in the eyes of Malaysians.
He was such a good idol and his contributions in sports field were unrequited. He was a good role model to other commentators and because of him people loved to watch sports as they would never feel bored.
He died of heart disease. He breathed his last breath at Coronary Care Unit, National Heart Institute at 12.20 p.m. May Allah place him in Haven. Al-Fatihah.
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