PETALING JAYA – Yang di-Pertua Negri of Penang Tun Dr Abdul Rahman Abbas and the Yang di-Pertua Negri of Sabah Tun Juhar Datuk Mahiruddin headed the list of 335 recipients of awards, honours and medals in conjunction with the 2021 Federal Territory Day celebration today.
They were conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Pertama Seri Utama Mahkota Wilayah (SUMW), which comes with the title “Datuk Seri Utama”.
Other recipients of the award are the wife of Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Ragad Kurdi Taib; Yang di-Pertua Negri of Melaka Tun Mohd Ali Rustam; Finance Minister Senator Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz and Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.
Twenty-four other individuals were awarded the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Kedua Seri Mahkota Wilayah (SMW), which comes with the title “Datuk Seri”.
They included Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah; Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan; Federal Territories Ministry Secretary-General Datuk Rosida Jaafar; Public Service Deputy Director-General (Development) Datuk Suhaime Mahbar; Senior Deputy Secretary-General at the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Mohd Sallehhuddin Hassan and Director-General of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit, Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Yusof Ismail.
Other recipients of the SMW award are Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Mahadi Che Ngah; former Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan and former Kuala Lumpur city hall director-general Datuk Dr Noordin Ab Razak, as well as linguist and Chairman of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka's Board of Governors Prof Datuk Awang Sariyan.
Meanwhile, Bernama chairman Senator Ras Adiba Mohd Radzi was among 81 recipients of the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Ketiga Panglima Mahkota Wilayah (PMW), which carries the title “Datuk”.
The others included Senior Minister Senator Mohd Radzi Md Jidin; Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin; Federal Territory Mufti Dr Luqman Abdullah; Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department director Mohd Ajib Ismail; incumbent chair of the Institution of the Malay Rulers, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Prof Dr Shamrahayu Abdul Aziz; national badminton players Abd Rashid Mohd Sidek and Cheah Soon Kit; Malaysian Seven Continents Exploration Club president and a member of the Malaysian Mount Everest expedition team Muhamad Muqharabbin Mokhtarrudin, national laureate Prof Siti Zainon Ismail and scriptwriter and lyricist Habsah Hassan.
Other recipients included 49 who were conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Keempat Johan Mahkota Wilayah (JMW) while 76 individuals were conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Kelima Kesatria Mahkota Wilayah (KMW), followed by the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Keenam Ahli Mahkota Wilayah (31 recipients) and Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Ketujuh Pingat Pangkuan Mahkota Wilayah (68 recipients).
This year’s recipients also witnessed 69 individuals from various ministries, agencies and organisations conferred awards for their role in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, including Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Santhara Kumar, who is also a member of the Federal Territory Security Committee Crisis Management Centre. Santhara was conferred the SMW award.
Deputy Health Director-General (Research and Technical Support) Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim; Health Deputy Director-General (Public Health) Datuk Dr Chong Chee Kheong, Federal Territory Health director Dr Param Jeeth Singh and Sungai Besi Camp director-general of Administration and Logistics, Brigadier-General Ab Aziz Mohd Sharif were bestowed the PMW award.
Other recipients included Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Security Director Azizah Mohamed Said; National Disaster Management Agency director of logistics Amaluddin Suib and Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Izan Bakri, who were conferred the JMW award.
Meanwhile, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa, in announcing the list of recipients at a special press conference today, said the date for the investiture ceremony is being finalised.
Although the ceremony is not yet held, he said, in accordance with regulations, the recipients of the SUMW can use and enjoy the title of Datuk Seri Utama before their name, while for the wives of those conferred the SUMW can use and enjoy the title of Datin Seri Utama.
This also applies to recipients of the Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Kedua SMW and Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Ketiga PMW and their wives, he added.
On behalf of his ministry, Annuar also congratulated and conveyed the highest appreciation to all the recipients for their services and contributions. – Bernama, February 1, 2021
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