Selangor Speaker Teng gets ‘datukship’

December 11, 2010

Teng Chang Khim greets his supporters at the 16th Selangor convention recently. - Picture by Jack Ooi

SHAH ALAM, Dec 11 — Selangor state assembly speaker Teng Chang Kim is among 121 receiving royal awards in conjunction with the 65th birthday of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah today.

The Selangor DAP vice-chairman will be the second party leader to accept a royal award that carries the ‘datuk’ title. The first is Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham, the Perak DAP chief, who received a royal award during the short-lived Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government in the Silver state.

For the Selangor royal awards, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum SultanIskandar of Johor and Sultan Muhammad V (Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra) of Kelantan head the list and will be conferred the Darjah Kerabat Yang Amat Dihormati (D.K.), according to state news agency Bernama.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar will receive the Seri Paduka Mahkota Selangor (S.P.M.S.) award (First Class), which carries the “Datuk Seri” title.

Also receiving the same award is Universiti Kolej Sedaya International (UCSI) chancellor Tan Sri Dr Abdul Rahman Arshad, who is also Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) pro-chancellor.

The investiture will be held at Istana Alam Shah, Klang tomorrow.

The Selangor Sultan’s son Tengku Amir Shah and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) pro-chancellor Tan Sri Nayan Ariffin are being conferred the Datuk Setia-Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (S.S.I.S.) (First Class) award which carries the “Datuk Setia” title for men and “Datin Paduka Setia” title for women.

Twelve people will receive the Datuk Paduka Mahkota Selangor (D.P.M.S.) (Second Class) award which carries the “Datuk” title for men and “Datin Paduka” title for women.

They are Teng, Sime Darby Property Bhd managing director (MD) Datuk Tunku Putra Badlishah Ibni Tunku Annuar, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia vice chancellor Lt Gen Datuk Wira Allatif Mohamed Noor; Army Headquarters senior clinical consultant (O&G) Lt Gen Datuk Dr Abd Razak Md Yusoff, Joint Forces Command chief Vice-Admiral Datuk Jamil Osman, Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS) deputy general manager Md Nasir Md Arshad, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) deputy director-general II Datuk Wahab Hamid.

Also receiving the award are Klang Municipal Council (MPK) president Mislan Tugiu, Hulu Langat district officer Zainal Abidin Aala, Selangor Department of Environment director Che Asmah Ibrahim, Consultant Surgeon (General Surgery) and head of Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital’s surgery department, Dr Mohamed Yusof Abdul Wahab and Nestle(M) Bhd director Mohd Rafik Shah Mohamad.

As for the Datuk-Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (D.S.I.S.)(Second Class) award, which also carries the “Datuk” title for men and “Datin Paduka” title for women, the recipients are the Navy’s Commander of Naval Fleet System, First Admiral Datuk Khairuddin Khalid; Assistant Chief of Staff (RMAF) Brig Gen Datuk Ahmad Anuar Ahmad; UiTM’s Administrative Science and Political Studies Faculty dean Datuk Dr Ramlah Adam, captain of Malaysia’s football team to the Munich Olympics of 1972, Datuk M. Chandran; Klang district officer Bakhtiar Hussin.

Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia director-general Azizan Mohamad Sidin, UPM’s Halal Products Research Institute director Dr Yaakob Che Man; Sabah Special Federal Task Force director, Misri Barham; Universiti Malaya’s Physics Department lecturer Prof Dr Mohd Zambri Zainuddin, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s (UKM) Education Faculty senior lecturer Assoc Prof Dr Ab Halim Tamuri, UPM Registrar Wan Azman Wan Omar, Worldwide Holdings Bhd chief executive officer (CEO) Norazlina Zakaria.

Also in the list are Sapura Secured Technologies Sdn Bhd executive vice president Wan Shaharuddin Wan Mahmood, NGV Tech Sdn Bhd executive officer Zulkifli Sharif, I Berhad CEO Eu Hong Chew and SP Setia Bhd Group deputy executive president and chief financial officer Teow Leong Seng.

Fifteen people are being conferred the Setia Mahkota Selangor (S.M.S) award, namely the Army’s Policies and Management director Col S.Suriakala, its resources director Col Nazri Abu Bakar, the Navy’s legal affairs director Capt Azhari Abdul Aziz; RMAF’s Subang air base commanding officer Col Ramlan Kasbi, Ampang Jaya police chief ACP Abd Jalil Hassan, UPM’s health centre head Dr Yahaya Abu Ahmad and Public Services Commission deputy secretary Lim Mooi Eia.

Also in the list are Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) principal assistant director (R & D) Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad, Selangor Syariah Judiciary Department chief registrar Zainor Rashid Hassin, Selangor Welfare Department director Adnan Abu Bakar, MPK secretary Mohd Ikhsan Mukri; Mida’s Selangor director Jauriah A.Ghani, Selangor Sultan office’s protocol officer Ahmad Fasal Zakaria, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) general manager (Zone 1 operations) Mustafa Din and CEO/MD Jakel Trading Mohamed Faroz Mohamed Jakel.

Eighteen people are to receive the Setia-Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (S.I.S) award and 27 the Ahli Mahkota Selangor (A.M.S) award.

Included in the A.M.S list was the late Lim Chong, who was sub-editor at Bernama’s Economic News Service. Lim Chong died of heart failure on Nov 26.

Another recipient of the AMS is the The Star journalist Edward Rajendra.

Besides these, 20 people are being conferred the Ahli-Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (A.I.S) award and seven the Bintang Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (B.P.C) medal.

Meanwhile, the Sultan also announced that three people would be appointed as Justices of the Peace, to take effect from Jan 1.