CM’s wife heads list of title recipients in conjunction with TYT’s birthday do

KUCHING: The Chief Minister’s wife Datin Patinggi Dato Juma’ani Tuanku Bujang heads the list of title recipients in conjunction with the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s 82nd birthday celebrations today.

She will be conferred the Datuk Amar Bintang Kenyalang ( DA) which carries the title ‘ Datuk Amar’.

Former Sarawak Special Branch chief the late Dato Sri Alli Kawi will be honoured with the Datuk Amar Bintang Kenyalang ( DA) ( Posthumous) which also carries the title ‘Datuk Amar’.

Alli passed away at the age of 84 on July 3 this year. He was once Sarawak deputy police chief and played an important role in peacekeeping which led to the success of ‘Ops Sri Aman’ to end the communist insurgency in Sarawak.

He was the intermediary in the signing ceremony of Sri Aman Treaty on Oct 21, 1973 which was signed by the then chief minister the late Tun Abdul Rahman Yaakub and Parti Rakyat Kalimantan Utara representative Bong Kee Chok.

Meanwhile, Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing and former assistant minister Datuk Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi are the two recipients of the Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak ( PNBS) which carries the title ‘Dato Sri’.

Betong MP Robert Lawson Chuat heads the list of four recipients for the Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang ( PGBK) which carries the title ‘Datuk’.

The other PGBK recipients are Pantai Damai assemblyman Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi, former Sarawak Timber Indust ry Development Corporation general manager Dato Abdullah Abdul Rahim and Federation of Miri Division Chinese Associations president Hii Teck Yun.

The Darjah Jasa Bakti Sarawak ( DJBS) award for senior civil servants which carries the title Datu is awarded to six recipients this year namely secretary of the state cabinet meeting committee Sutin Shamat, Urban Development and Natural Resources permanent secretary Wan Li zosman Wan Omar, Sarawak Economic Development Corporation general manager Soedirman Aini, Sarawak Energy Berhad CEO Sharbini Suhaili, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak deputy vice chancel lor Prof Mohd Fadzil Abdul Rahman and Sarawak Immigration director Ken Leben.

Malaysia’s sole George Cross recipient Awang Raweng leads the list of 12 recipients for the Panglima Setia Bintang Sarawak ( PSBS) which carries the title Dato.

Other recipients are Yong Piaw Soon, Tan Jit Kee, Chieng Buong Toon, Marcus Leong, Musa Giri, Datin Dr Munirah Mohd Hassan, Ustaz Ismawi Duet, Ustaz Mustapha Kamal Ahmad Fauzi, Sulaiman Narawi, Janang Bungsu and Philimon Nuing.

Other awards are the Johan Bintang Sarawak (two recipients), Johan Bintang Kenyalang ( 13) , Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang ( Gold) ( 20), Pegawai Bintang Sarawak ( 21) and Pegawai Bintang Sarawak ( Posthumous) ( one), Pegawai Bintang Kenyalang ( 57), Pingat Perkhidmatan Bakti (Silver) (177), Ahli Bintang Sarawak (182), Ahli Bintang Kenyalang ( 90), Pingat Perkhidmatan Terpuji ( Bronze) ( 232) Pingat Perkhidmatan Terpuji ( Bronze) ( Posthumous) ( two) and Bentara Bintang Sarawak (193).

The investiture ceremony is expected to be held after the parade and rally for the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri’s birthday celebrations in Sibu.