List of Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang recipients

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This is a list of recipients of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang, a national honour instituted in 1968. The honour was formerly known as Pingat Bakti Chemerlang from 1963 to 1967.

Recipients

Pingat Bakti Cemerlang (1963–1967)

List of Pingat Bakti Cemerlang recipients, with the year, and role(s) held

Year	Recipient		Role	Notes
1963		Phay Seng Whatt	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[1] [2] [3]
1964		Puan Noor Aishah	For contributions to social welfare	[4] [5] [6]
1966		Albert Winsemius	Economic adviser to Singapore	[7] [8] [9]
1967		George Bogaars	Permanent secretary, Ministry of the Interior and Defence	[10] [11]
		Hon Sui Sen	Chairman, Economic Development Board	[10] [11]

Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (1968–present)

List of Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang recipients, with the year, and role(s) held

Year	Recipient		Role(s)	Notes
1968		Howe Yoon Chong	Permanent secretary, Ministry of National Development Chairman, Housing and Development Board	[12] [13] [14]
1971		Tan Teck Khim	Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force	[15] [16]
1972		Anne, Princess Royal		[17] [18]
		Tang I-Fang	Former chairman, Economic Development Board	[19] [20]
1978		Tan Boon Teik	Attorney-general of Singapore	[21] [22]
		Pang Tee Pow	Former permanent secretary, Ministry of Defence Posthumous award	[21] [23]
1982		Tan Teck Chwee	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[24] [25] [26]
1985		Ee Peng Liang	Chairman, Singapore Council of Social Service	[27] [28] [29]
1989		Lee Hee Seng	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[30] [31] [32]
		Yong Pung How	Former chairman, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation	[30] [31] [32]
1990		Chiang Hsiao-wu	Former trade representative of Taiwan to Singapore	[33] [34]
		Lee Khoon Choy	Special contributions to the Government	[35] [36]
		Rahim Ishak	Special contributions to the Government	[35] [36] [37]
		Ya'acob Mohamed	Special contributions to the Government Posthumous award	[35] [36] [37]
		Tommy Koh	Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	[35] [38] [39]
1991		Wee Chong Jin	Former Chief Justice of Singapore	[40] [41] [42]
		Sim Kee Boon	Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore	[40] [41] [43]
1993		Mohammed Hanif Omar	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[44] [45]
1995		Ong Swee Law	Executive chairman, Singapore Zoological Gardens Posthumous award	[46] [47] [48]
1996		Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[34] [49]
1999		Ngiam Tong Dow	Chairman, Housing and Development Board Chairman, Central Provident Fund Board	[50] [51]
		Chan Sek Keong	Attorney-general of Singapore	[50] [51]
		Ya'akub Zainal	Police commissioner, Royal Brunei Police Force	[52] [53]
2000		Lim Chong Yah	Chairman, National Wages Council	[54] [55]
		Lim Pin	Vice-chancellor, National University of Singapore	[54] [55]
		Lee Ek Tieng	Group managing director, GIC Deputy chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore	[54] [55]
2001		Lee Seng Wee	Chairman, OCBC Bank	[56] [57]
		Alan Choe	Former chairman, Sentosa Development Corporation	[56] [57]
2002		Andrew Chew	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[58] [59]
		Yeo Ning Hong	Chairman, PSA International	[58] [59]
2003		Norian Mai	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[60] [61]
		Cham Tao Soon	University Distinguished Professor, Nanyang Technological University	[62] [63]
2006		Al-Muhtadee Billah	Crown Prince of Brunei	[64] [65]
		Stephen Lee Ching Yen	Managing director, Great Malaysia Textile Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd	[66] [67]
		Eddie Teo	Former high commissioner of Singapore to Australia	[66] [68]
2007		Cheng Wai Keung	Chairman, Neptune Orient Lines	[69] [70]
		Lee Seng Gee	Chairman, Lee Foundation	[69] [70]
		Lim Chee Onn	Executive chairman, Keppel Ltd.	[69] [70]
2008		Mick Keelty	Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police	[71] [72]
		Chao Hick Tin	Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore Special contributions for the Pedra Branca dispute	[73] [74]
		Koh Boon Hwee	Chairman, Nanyang Technological University	[73] [75]
2009		Musa Hassan	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[76] [77]
		Fock Siew Wah	Group chairman, PSA International	[78] [79]
2010		Tan Gee Paw	Chairman, Public Utilities Board	[80] [81]
		Bambang Hendarso Danuri	19th Chief of the Indonesian National Police	[82] [83]
2011		Wee Cho Yaw	Pro-chancellor, Nanyang Technological University	[84] [85]
		Chan Heng Chee	Ambassador of Singapore to the United States	[84] [85]
2012		Mohd Sidek Hassan	Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia	[86]
		Peter Seah Lim Huat	Chairman, DBS Bank Chairman, ST Engineering Chairman, SingHealth	[87] [88]
		Tan Chin Tiong	Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	[87] [89]
2013		Hasrin Sabtu	Police commissioner, Royal Brunei Police Force	[90] [91]
		Ismail Omar	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[92] [93]
		Timur Pradopo	20th Chief of the Indonesian National Police	[94] [95]
2014		Chua Thian Poh	President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations Honorary president, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman, Ren Ci Hospital Chairman, Business China Chairman, Chinese Development Assistance Council	[96] [97]
2015		Sidek Saniff	Former adviser to Aljunied Grassroots Organisations	[98] [99]
		Ch'ng Jit Koon	Former adviser to Tiong Bahru, Bukit Merah and Tanjong Pagar Grassroots Organisations	[98] [99]
		Tan Wee Kiat	Chief executive officer, Gardens by the Bay Advisor, National Parks Board	[99] [100]
		Liu Thai Ker	Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Board	[99] [100]
		Tee Tua Ba	Non-resident ambassador of Singapore to Switzerland	[99] [100]
		Winston Choo	Non-resident ambassador of Singapore to Israel	[99] [100]
		Bahrin Mohd Noor	Police commissioner, Royal Brunei Police Force	[101]
2016		Peter Ho	Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority	[102] [103]
		Badrodin Haiti	22nd Chief of the Indonesian National Police	[104] [105]
2017		Ho Kwon Ping	Chairman, Singapore Management University	[106] [107]
		Chin Siat Yoon	Former ambassador of Singapore to Japan	[106] [108]
		Jammy Shah Al-Islam	Police commissioner, Royal Brunei Police Force	[109] [110] [111]
2018		Wong Ngit Liong	Former chairman, National University of Singapore	[112] [113]
		Philip Ng Chee Tat	Former chairman, Singapore University of Technology and Design	[113] [114]
2019		Mohamad Fuzi Harun	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[115] [116]
		Chiang Chie Foo	Chairman, Central Provident Fund Board Chairman, Public Utilities Board	[117] [118]
		Ang Kong Hua	Chairman, Sembcorp Chairman, GIC	[117] [118]
		Gerard Ee	Chairman, Charity Council	[117] [118]
2020		Wang Gungwu	Former chairman, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute Former chairman, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Former chairman, East Asian Institute	[119]
		Koh Choon Hui	Chairman, Singapore Children's Society	[119] [120]
		Tito Karnavian	29th Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia	[121] [122]
2021		Richard Magnus	Chairman, Public Transport Council	[123] [124]
		Benny Lim Siang Hoe	Chairman, National Parks Board	[125] [126]
2022		Tan Chorh Chuan	Chief health scientist, Ministry of Health Executive director, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation	[127] [128]
		Lee Tzu Yang	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[127] [128]
		Gopinath Pillai	Former chairman, Indian Heritage Centre Advisory Board	[127] [128]
2023		Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan	5th Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investments Affairs of Indonesia	[129] [130]
		Kwa Chong Seng	Former chairman, ST Engineering	[131] [132]
		Kay Kuok Oon Kwong	Former chairman, National Healthcare Group Chairman, Yale-NUS College	[131] [132]
		Timothy de Souza	Member, Founders' Memorial Committee	[131] [132]
		Bobby Chin Yoke Choong	Former chairman, Housing and Development Board	[131] [132]
2024		Teo Ming Kian	Chairman, ST Engineering Former director, Temasek Holdings	[133] [134]
		Phillip Tan Eng Seong	Chairman, Yellow Ribbon Singapore	[133] [134]
		Syed Hassan bin Syed Mohammad bin Salim Al-Attas	Member, Presidential Council for Minority Rights	[133] [134]
		Peter Ong	Former chairman, Enterprise Singapore Former Head of the Singapore Civil Service	[133] [134]
		Hsieh Fu Hua	Chairman, National University Health System Chairman, National University of Singapore	[133] [134]
		Jennie Chua	Chairman, Woodlands Health Campus Development Board Committee	[133] [134]
		Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani	Former inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[135] [136]
		Irwan Hambali	Police commissioner, Royal Brunei Police Force	[137] [138]
2025		Lui Pao Chuen	Temasek Defence Professor Chairman, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute Former chairman, Ministry of Finance Development Projects Advisory Panel	[139]
		Lim Tze Peng	Artist Posthumous award	[139] [140]
		Razarudin Husain	Inspector-general, Royal Malaysia Police	[141] [142]

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