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Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Distinguished Service Order) | |
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Type | Order of Honour |
Established | 1968 |
Country | ![]() |
Awarded for | Any person who has performed within Singapore any act or series of acts which constitute distinguished conduct |
Status | Active |
Post-nominals | DUBC |
Former grades | Pingat Bakti Chemerlang (Distinguished Service Medal) |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Sijil Kemuliaan |
Next (lower) | Pingat Kehormatan |
Equivalent | Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) |
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The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (English: Distinguished Service Order) is a Singaporean national honour instituted in 1968. [1] It was created to replace the Pingat Bakti Chemerlang (English: Distinguished Service Medal) and is awarded to any person who has performed within Singapore any act or series of acts which constitute distinguished conduct. [2] It may be awarded to people performing acts of distinguished conduct outside Singapore under special circumstances.
The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.[ citation needed ]
The military equivalent of the award is the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera). [3]
Source: [4]
Year | Recipient | Affiliation at time of award | Ref. |
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1968 | Howe Yoon Chong | Chairman, Housing and Development Board; Member of Parliament, Potong Pasir | [2] |
1978 | Tan Boon Teik | Attorney-General of Singapore | [5] [6] |
1985 | Ee Peng Liang | Philanthropist | [2] |
1989 | Lee Hee Seng | Chairman, Public Service Commission | [7] |
Yong Pung How | Supreme Court Judge | ||
1990 | Lee Khoon Choy | author, artist, politician, Senior Minister of State and ambassador | [2] |
Tommy Koh | academic, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Ambassador | [ citation needed ] | |
1991 | Wee Chong Jin | Former Chief Justice of Singapore | [2] |
1999 | Chan Sek Keong | Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Chambers | |
Ngiam Tong Dow | Chairman, HDB and CPF Board, Ministry of Finance | ||
Ya'akub Zainal | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force | [8] | |
2000 | Lim Pin | Vice-chancellor, NUS and Prof, Dept of Medicine, NUS, Ministry of Education | |
Lim Chong Yah | Chairman, National Wages Council, Ministry of Manpower | ||
Lee Ek Tieng | Group managing director, GIC Private Limited and Deputy chairman, MAS, Ministry of Finance | ||
2001 | Alan F C Choe | Ex-Chairman, SDC and chairman, Sentosa Cove Pte Ltd, Ministry of Trade and Industry | |
Lee Seng Wee | Chairman, OCBC Ltd, Prime Minister's Office | ||
2002 | Andrew Chew Guan Khuan | Chairman, Public Service Commission | |
Yeo Ning Hong | Chairman, PSA Corporation | ||
2003 | Norian Mai | Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police | [ citation needed ] |
Cham Tao Soon | University Distinguished Professor, President's Office, Nanyang Technological University | ||
2006 | Lee Ching Yen, Stephen | managing director, Great Malaysia Textile Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd | |
Teo Chan Seng, Eddie | Singapore's High Commissioner, Canberra, Australia | ||
Al-Muhtadee Billah | Crown Prince of Brunei | [9] | |
2007 | Cheng Wai Keung | Chairman, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd | |
Lee Seng Gee | Chairman, Lee Foundation | ||
Lim Chee Onn | Executive chairman, Keppel Corporation Limited | ||
2008 | Chao Hick Tin | Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court | [10] |
Koh Boon Hwee | Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nanyang Technological University | ||
Mick Keelty | Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police | [ citation needed ] | |
2009 | Fock Siew Wah | Group chairman, PSA International Pte Ltd | |
Musa Hassan | Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police | [ citation needed ] | |
2010 | Bambang Hendarso Danuri | 19th Chief of the Indonesian National Police | [11] |
Tan Gee Paw | Chairman, Public Utilities Board, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources | ||
2011 | Chan Heng Chee | Ambassador, Singapore Embassy in Washington, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Wee Cho Yaw | Founding President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and Pro-Chancellor, Nanyang Technological University | [12] | |
2012 | Peter Seah Lim Huat | Chairman, DBS Group Holdings Ltd; Chairman, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd; Chairman, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd | |
Tan Chin Tiong | Ambassador-at-Large | ||
2013 | Hasrin Sabtu | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force | [13] |
Timur Pradopo | 20th Chief of the Indonesian National Police | [14] | |
Tan Sri Haji Ismail Bin Haji Omar | Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police Police | [15] | |
2014 | Chua Thian Poh | President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations; Chairman, Ren Ci Hospital; Chairman, Business China; Chairman, Board of Trustees of Chinese Development Assistance Council; Honorary President, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry | [16] |
2015 | Ch'ng Jit Koon | Former Adviser to Tiong Bahru, Bukit Merah and Tanjong Pagar Grassroots Organisations | [17] |
Liu Thai-Ker | Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Board | ||
Sidek Saniff | Former Adviser to Aljunied Grassroots Organisations | ||
Tan Wee Kiat | Chief Executive Officer, Gardens by the Bay, Advisor, National Parks Board | ||
Tee Tua Ba | Ambassador (Non-Resident) to Switzerland | ||
Winston Choo Wee Leong | Ambassador (Non-Resident) to Israel | ||
Bahrin Mohd Noor | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force | [18] | |
2016 | Badrodin Haiti | 22nd Chief of the Indonesian National Police | [19] |
Peter Ho Hak Ean | Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority | [20] | |
2017 | Ho Kwon Ping | Chairman, Singapore Management University, Board of Trustees | [21] |
Chin Siat Yoon | Former Ambassador to Japan | [22] | |
Jammy Shah Al-Islam | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force | [23] | |
2018 | Philip Ng Chee Tat | Former Chairman, Singapore University of Technology and Design | [24] |
Wong Ngit Liong | Former Chairman, NUS Board of Trustees | ||
2019 | Ang Kong Hua | Chairman, Sembcorp Industries Ltd; Chairman, GIC Investment Board | [25] |
Gerard Ee Hock Kim | Chairman, Charity Council | ||
Chiang Chie Foo | Chairman, CPF Board; Chairman, PUB | ||
Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun | 11th Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police | [26] | |
2020 | Koh Choon Hui | Chairman, Singapore Children's Society | |
Wang Gungwu | Former Chairman, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute; Former Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Former Chairman, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore | [27] | |
Tito Karnavian | 29th Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia | [28] | |
2021 | Benny Lim | Chairman, National Parks Board | [29] |
Richard Magnus | Chairman, Public Transport Council | ||
2022 | Gopinath Pillai | Diplomat and former Indian Heritage Centre advisory board chairman | [30] |
Lee Tzu Yang | Chairman, Public Service Commission | ||
Tan Chorh Chuan | Chief health scientist, Ministry of Health | ||
2023 | Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan | 5th Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investments Affairs of Indonesia | [31] |
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