IPOH – Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad leads a list of 192 recipients of awards, honours and medals in conjunction with the 65th birthday celebration of Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah today.
Saarani, 60, who was appointed the state’s 14th menteri besar on December 10 last year, has received the Darjah Dato’ Seri Paduka Mahkota Perak’ award, which carries the title of Datuk Seri.
Orang Kaya Bendahara Seri Maharaja Tan Sri Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin said Sultan Nazrin is also pleased to confer the Dato’ Paduka Cura Si Manja Kini award to State Legal Adviser Azmir Shah Zainal Abidin, which carries the title Datuk.
Meanwhile, Zahidi said the sultan has bestowed the Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP) award carrying the title of Datuk to 13 recipients, including Perak State Education Department Director Mohd Suhaimi Mohamed Ali and Chemistry Department Director-General Mohamed Zaini Abdul Rahman.
Among other recipients of the DPMP are Malaysian Investment Development Authority chief executive officer Arham Abdul Rahman, Perak Customs Director Mohamad Saprin, Berita Harian group editor Saidon Idris, Perak Forestry Department Director Datuk Mohamed Zin Yusop and State Head of Protocol and Ceremonies in the Perak State Secretary’s Office, Toh Jana Pahlawan Abu Bakar Romlee.
Meanwhile, Perak Criminal Investigation Department chief SAC Anuar Othman leads the list of four recipients of the Dato’ Pahlawan Taming Sari award, which carries the title ‘Datuk Pahlawan.
The other three recipients are Marine Region Two commander Rusli Ahmad, chief of staff of air operations command headquarters major General Felix Gonsalvez Alexander and consultant orthopaedic surgeon of Lumut Army Hospital Dr Musa Kasmin.
Sultan Nazrin has also bestowed the Paduka Cura Si Manja Kini award to nine recipients, the Paduka Mahkota Perak to 23 recipients and the Ahli Cura Si Manja Kini to eight recipients.
Apart from that, a total of 44 individuals have received the Ahli Mahkota Perak award, while 47 received the Pingat Pekerti Terpilih, 33 received the Pingat Jasa Kebaktian and nine received the Pingat Lama Perkhidmatan.
Zahidi said the investiture ceremony for the first series of award recipients involving the bestowing of the titles Datuk Seri, Datuk Seri Panglima, Datuk, and Datuk Pahlawan will be held at Balairong Seri, Istana Iskandariah, Kuala Kangsar on November 14.
He said the ceremony for the following series of recipients would be organised according to the date approved by Sultan Nazrin, and subject to the Covid-19 pandemic situation at the time.
“The implementation of the investiture ceremony is also subject to strict adherence to standard operating procedures, whereby recipients will be required to undergo RT-PCR testing at a health facility recognised by the Health Ministry three days prior to the ceremony.
“Self-tests should also be carried out on the morning of the ceremony to ensure that the recipients present are free from Covid-19 infection,” he said. – Bernama, November 5, 2021
