Pingat Jasa Gemilang
The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) is a medal instituted in Singapore in 1962. It may be awarded to any person who has performed service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion to duty, including long service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct within Singapore. In exceptional circumstances, the Medal may be awarded to any person who has performed, outside Singapore, service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion of duty, including service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct.[1]
| Pingat Jasa Gemilang | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded by Singapore | |
| Type | Medal |
| Eligibility | any person |
| Awarded for | service of conspicuous merit in Singapore, and in special circumstances elsewhere |
| Status | Currently issued |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1962 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Pingat Gagah Perkasa |
| Equivalent | Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) |
| Next (lower) | Bintang Bakti Masyarakat |
.png){kind=small} Medal and ribbon prior to 1996 | |
Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters PJG.
The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) is the Singapore Armed Forces equivalent award.
Description
- The medal is silver-gilt having, on the obverse side, a rhomboid artifice superimposed upon a multi-perforated base. In the centre of the artifice is a shield bearing a crescent and 5 stars and below it a scroll with the inscription "PINGAT JASA GEMILANG".
- The reverse bears the State Arms.
- The ribbon is grey with a red centre band flanked on each side by a white stripe and a thin red stripe.
Award recipients
As of 2018, there are 99 award recipients.[2]
- 1962 - Tan Howe Liang - weightlifter
- 1962 - Stanley Toft Stewart - politician
- 1974 - Sellapan Ramanathan - politician
- 1990 - Chor Yeok Eng - politician
- 1992 - Chen Wen Hsi - artist (posthumous)
- 1998 - Tee Tua Ba - High Commissioner in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- 2003 - Khoo Boon Hui - Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force
- 2003 - Tan Swie Hian - artist
- 2004 - Mohd Yusof B Abdul Rahaman, Director of Special Branch, Royal Malaysia Police
- 2005 - Tan Chin Tiong - diplomat
- 2005 - Chan Heng Chee - diplomat
- 2005 - Justice (Ret.) MPH Rubin - Retired Supreme Court Judge
- 2006 - Edwin Nadason Thumboo - poet and academic
- 2006 - Joscelin Yeo - swimmer
- 2007 - Lee Hsien Yang - former CEO of SingTel
- 2007 - Gerard Ee - Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation and former President of the National Council of Social Service
- 2008 - Feng Tianwei (table tennis player), Wang Yuegu (table tennis player), Li Jiawei (table tennis player)
- 2010 - Peter Ong - Head of the Singapore Civil Service
- 2012 - Wong Ngit Liong
- 2014 - Akhil bin Bulat - Director of Special Branch, Royal Malaysia Police
- 2015 - Canagasabai Kunalan - athlete and educator
- 2016 - Joseph Schooling (swimmer), Yip Pin Xiu (Swimmer)[3]
- 2017 - Mohamad Fuzi Harun - Inspector-General of Police, Royal Malaysia Police[4]
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References
- "The Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Gemilang)". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "National Day Award Recipient". Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "Swimmers Joseph Schooling, Theresa Goh to receive National Day Awards". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- "New Malaysia police chief receives prestigious Singapore award". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
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