ALOR STAR – Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor heads the list of recipients who will receive awards and medals in conjunction with the 79th birthday of the Kedah’s Sultan Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah this year.
State Secretary Datuk Paduka Ammar Shaikh Mahmood Naim said in a statement today Sanusi received the Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Kedah Yang Amat Dihormat (SPMK), which carries the title Datuk Seri.
Apart from that, he said the sultan conferred the Darjah Seri Setia Diraja Kedah Yang Amat Dihormati (SSDK), which carries the title Datuk Seri, to Weststar Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim.
“The recipient of the Darjah Gemilang Seri Mahkota Kedah (DGMK), which carries the title Datuk Wira, is Treasury Secretary-General Datuk Asri Hamidin@Hamidon,” he said.
Ammar said Deputy Chief of Army Lt Gen Datuk Mohammad Abd Rahman and Royal Malaysian Navy Naval Region 2 Commander Rear Admiral Rusli Ahmad received the Darjah Datuk Setia Pahlawan Negeri Kedah Yang Amat Dihormati (DSPK), which carries the title Datuk Pahlawan.
Meanwhile, Ammar said the sultan also awarded the Darjah Datuk Setia Sultan Sallehuddin Kedah (DSSS), which carries the title Datuk, to Kedah state assembly Speaker Johari Bulat; Kedah Women, Family and Community Development and Welfare Committee chairman Halimaton Shaadiah Saad; and, Kedah Land and Mines director Mohd Fauzi Mustaffa.
Fifteen recipients of the Darjah Datuk Setia Diraja Kedah (DSDK), which carries the title Datuk, include Kedah Legal Adviser Nik Azhan Hakim Nik Mahmood; Kedah Islamic Religious Department director Mohd Yusri Md Daud; Kuala Muda District Officer Abdullah Hashim; and, Kedah PAS Commissioner Senator Ahmad Saad@Yahya.
Others are director of the Medical Development Division, Health Ministry, Dr Mohd Fikri Ujang; director of the Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister’s Department, Megat Sany Megat Ahmad Supian; and, director of the Kedah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap.
Three recipients of the Darjah Datuk Setia Pahlawan (DDSP), which also carries the title Datuk, are former Wisma Transit Kuala Lumpur commanding officer Brig Gen (Rtd) Ahmad Faiezzelan Abdul Karim; assistant director of EIC Special Branch E, Bukit Aman Royal Malaysia Police headquarters Lim Joo Soon; and, director of the Fire Safety Division of the Fire and Rescue Department Adwin Galan Anak Teruki.
Ammar said the investiture ceremony will be held next year. – Bernama, November 1, 2021