Pingat Jasa Gemilang

Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal)
Type	Medal
Established	1962;63 years ago (1962)
Country	Singapore
Awarded for	Service of conspicuous merit in Singapore, or in special circumstances elsewhere
Status	Active
Post-nominals	PJG
Precedence
Next (higher)	Pingat Gagah Perkasa
Next (lower)	Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
Equivalent	Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)
Ribbon after 1996 Ribbon prior to 1996

The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (English: Meritorious Service Medal) is a Singaporean national honour and medal instituted in 1962. ^[1] It may be awarded to any person who has performed "service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion to duty, including long service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct within Singapore". It may also be awarded to any person outside of Singapore under exceptional circumstances. ^[2]

Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters PJG.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Singapore Armed Forces equivalent of the award is the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera). ^[3]

History

The Pingat Jasa Gemilang was one of six state awards instituted on 19 April 1962. ^[4] The rules of the award were revised in July 1996. ^[1]

Description

• The medal is silver-gilt having, on the obverse side, a rhomboid artifice superimposed upon a multi-perforated base. In the centre of the artifice is a shield bearing a crescent and 5 stars and below it a scroll with the inscription "PINGAT JASA GEMILANG".
• The reverse bears the State arms.
• The ribbon is grey with a red centre band flanked on each side by a white stripe and a thin red stripe.

Award recipients

There have been more than 103 recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang since 1998. Several notable recipients include: ^[5]

Year	Recipient	Notes	Ref
1962	Tan Howe Liang	weightlifter
	Stanley Toft Stewart	politician
1967	John Le Cain	Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force
1970	Cheng Tong Fatt	Diplomat	[6]
1974	S. R. Nathan	politician
1978	Ngiam Tong Dow	Civil servant
1979	Tommy Koh	diplomat
1984	Lee Ek Tieng	civil servant
1990	Chor Yeok Eng	politician
1992	Chen Wen Hsi	artist (posthumous)
1996	Liu Kang	artist	[7]
1998	Tee Tua Ba	High Commissioner in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
2003	Khoo Boon Hui	Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force
	Tan Swie Hian	artist
2005	Chan Heng Chee	diplomat
	Mohideen MP Haja Rubin	retired Supreme Court Judge
2006	Edwin Nadason Thumboo	poet and academic
	Joscelin Yeo	swimmer
2007	Lee Hsien Yang	former CEO of SingTel
	Gerard Ee	Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation
2008	Feng Tianwei	table tennis player
	Wang Yuegu	table tennis player
	Li Jiawei	table tennis player
2010	Peter Ong	Head of Civil Service
2012	Wong Ngit Liong	Chairman of National University of Singapore Board of Trustees	[8]
2014	Lee Tzu Yang	Chairman of the Public Service Commission	[9]
2015	Canagasabai Kunalan	athlete and educator
2015	Hamdan Abu Bakar	Bruneian politician	[10]
2016	Joseph Schooling	swimmer
	Yip Pin Xiu	swimmer	[11]
2017	Mohamad Fuzi Harun	Inspector-General of Police, Royal Malaysia Police	[12]

See also

• Category: Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang
• Category: Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)

References

1. "Pingat Jasa Gemilang (The Meritorious Service Medal) Rules 1996 - Singapore Statutes Online". sso.agc.gov.sg. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
2. "The Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Gemilang)". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
3. "Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) — (the Meritorious Service Medal — Military) Rules 1981 - Singapore Statutes Online". sso.agc.gov.sg. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
4. Chern, Alphonsus (13 August 2015). "Singapore badges of honour". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
5. Singapore, Prime Minister's Office (17 November 2018). "PMO | Recipients". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
6. Singapore, National Library Board. "Portrait of Mr. Cheng Tong Fatt, former Ambassador to the People's Republic of China". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
7. Foong, Woei Wan (2 June 2004). "Artist Liu Kang, 93, dies". The Straits Times . p. 3.
8. "President and Mrs Tony Tan Keng Yam with recipient of …". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
9. "PMO | Recipients". Prime Minister's Office . 22 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
10. "Investiture of Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) On Director, Brunei Internal Security Department". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
11. "Swimmers Joseph Schooling, Theresa Goh to receive National Day Awards". Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
12. Auto, Hermes (28 September 2017). "Former Malaysian Special Branch chief conferred prestigious award | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.