The 2020 investiture ceremony to mark Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri Abdul Rahman Abbas’ 82nd birthday, scheduled to be held on Jan 16 to 17, has been postponed to Feb 6 and 7 due to the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.
State assembly speaker Law Choo Kiang said Abdul Rahman agreed for the ceremony to be postponed to February.
Law said this ceremony would be limited to recipients of the state’s highest awards only, as a measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
“During the two-day event, the programme will start from 8am until 12.30pm,” he said in a statement today.
Law said recipients of the Darjah Johan Negeri (DJN); Bintang Cemerlang Negeri (BCN); Pingat Gagah Perwira (PGP); Pingat Kelakuan Terpuji (PKT); Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (PJK); Pingat Jasa Masyarakat (PJM) and the Pingat Bakti Setia (PBS), will be notified to collect their awards according to the date stipulated, between Feb 8 and 11 from 8.30am to 5pm.
This is the second time the investiture ceremony has been postponed. It was scheduled to take place on Nov 21 last year, then postponed to January this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Bernama
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