BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, today conferred Brunei’s highest award of Darjah Kerabat Mahkota Brunei (D.K.M.B.) on Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, who is on a three-day state visit to the sultanate.
The sultan presented the award to Sultan Abdullah during an audience at the Laila Kenchana Room at Istana Nurul Iman here.
Sultan Hassanal also conferred an award – the Darjah Kerabat Laila Utama Yang Amat Dihormati (D.K.) – on the Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.
At the same ceremony, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong conferred Malaysia’s Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (D.M.N.) on Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha, the consort of the Sultan of Brunei.
The conferment of the awards brings to mind the historic moment in Oct 1980 when the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, father of Sultan Abdullah, conferred a similar award on Sultan Hassanal. – Bernama