KOTA KINABALU: Minister in the Prime Minister Department Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan heads the list of 1,023 recipients of Sabah state awards in conjunction with the 64th birthday of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin.
The Kota Belud member of parliament is among seven recipients of the Seri Panglima Darjah Kinabalu (SPDK) award, which carries the title “Datuk Seri Panglima”.
Others are Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor; State Special Task Minister Datuk Teo Chee Kang; Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun; Army Chief General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor; Datuk Balanggung @ Egbert Evaristus; and Datuk Victor Subbrayan Paul.
The investiture ceremony will be held at the Istana Negeri tomorrow.
Sixty-eight people are conferred with the Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK) award that carries the title “Datuk.”
Among the recipients are Sabah police commissioner Datuk Ramli Din; Navy Eastern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Datuk Syed Zahiruddin Putra Syed Osman; Task Force 450 Commander Major General Datuk Zulkapri Rahamat; Universiti Malaysia Sabah vice-chancellor Prof Dr D Kamarudin D Mudin; Kuala Penyu assemblyman and Beaufort Upko chief Limus Jury; and Luyang assemblyman Dr Hiew King Cheu.
Meanwhile, Sabah Umno youth chief Yamani Hafez Musa is among 14 people to receive Justice of the Peace.
The others include Sabah Rubber Industry Board chairman and Tenom Umno chief Datuk Rubin Balang; Sabah Corridor Development deputy chairman 2 Datuk Peter Pang En Yin; and Sabah Rubber Industry Board's general manager Datuk Harris Mathews.
A total of 935 people are conferred with other awards namely Ahli Setia Darjah Kinabalu ASDK (88), Darjah Kinabalu ADK (156), Bintang Kinabalu (306), Bintang Setia Kinabalu (233) and Certificate of Honour (152).
Media fraternity who got awarded are Kota Kinabalu Journalist Association president and See Hua chief reporter Yong Ted Phen (ADK), Utusan Borneo sports reporter Qwek Tsy Teo (ADK), and RTM cameraman Dasni Daud (Certificate of Honour).