Hamzah, Saifuddin head list of Pahang award recipients

Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin and Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah led the list of 128 recipients of awards, medals and honours in conjunction with the 62nd Birthday of Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.

The Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah  presented the awards and medals at the investiture ceremony held at Istana Abu Bakar here today.

Hamzah and Saifuddin were among the 15 recipients of the Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (SSAP) award which carries the title ‘Datuk Seri’.

The other recipients were Deru Semangat Sdn Bhd board member Raja Shaharudin Shah Raja Jalil Shah, Health Ministry secretary-general Mohd Shafiq Abdullah and Home Ministry (KDN) secretary-general Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz.

Also awarded the SSAP were Immigration director-general (DG) Khairul Dzaimee Daud, Deputy Chief of Air Force Lt General Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan, Bukit Aman Special Branch director Zamri Yahya and former Works Ministry secretary-general Dr Syed Omar Sharifuddin Syed Ikhsan.

Others were former Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Huzir Mohamed, former Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Zainuddin Yaacob, former Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Zainal Abidin Kasim, Gabungan AQRS Bhd group chief executive officer Azizan Jaafar, Maybank group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Abdul Farid Alias and former Customs DG Datuk Paddy Abd Halim.

Meanwhile, nine individuals including Deputy Finance Minister Mohd Shahar Abdullah, were conferred the Darjah Sri Indera Mahkota Pahang (SIMP) which carries the title ‘Datuk’.

A total of 23 individuals received the Darjah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (DSAP) which also carries the title ‘Datuk’. Among them were Pahang state legal adviser Saiful Edris Zainuddin, One Builtwell managing director Wan Putera Shahril Wan Shalihudin, Pahang Islamic Religious Department director Dr Zulkifle Ali, Pahang Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council CEO Ahmad Hairi Hussain.

Other recipients were senior private secretary to Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Colonel Nazim Mohd Alim, Malaysian Handicraft Development Corporation DG Ibrahim Ismail, National Housing Department DG N.Jayaselan, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research DG Dr Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim and Universiti Islam Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah vice- chancellor Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Zawawi Zainal Abidin.

Meanwhile 57 individuals were conferred the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) which carries the title ‘Datuk’. Among them, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Naval aide-de-camp First Admiral Sharum Shaim, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Army aide-de-camp Brig Gen Sharizan Wan Chik, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Police aide-de-camp SAC Azry Akmar Ayob, Cameron Highlands Member of Parliament Ramli Mohd Nor, Pahang Public Works Department director Hafizah Zakaria, and Kabtiah Zakariah who was Tengku Hassanal’s former teacher at Sekolah Rendah St Thomas in Kuantan.

The Darjah Setia Ahmad Shah Pahang (SAP) was awarded to five recipients, Darjah Setia Mahkota Pahang (SMP) (four) Darjah Ahli Ahmad Shah Pahang (AAP)(three), Darjah Ahli Mahkota Pahang (AMP)(seven), Pingat Kelakuan Terpuji (PKT) (four) and Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (PJK)(one).

- Bernama