Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang

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Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang
(Distinguished Service Order)

Type| Order of Honour
Established| 1968; 55 years ago (1968)
Country|  Singapore
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)

Ribbon after 1996

Ribbon prior to 1996

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]

## Recipients[edit]

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 |
Haji Ya'akub | Commissioner of Police of the Royal Brunei Police  | [citation needed]
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 | Al-Muhtadee Billah | Crown Prince of Brunei  | [citation needed]
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  | [8]
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  | [9]
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 | [10]
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 |
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 | Pehin Dato Hj Hasrin | Commissioner of Police of the Royal Brunei Police Force  | [11]
Timur Pradopo | 20th Chief of the Indonesian National Police | [12]
Tan Sri Haji Ismail Bin Haji Omar | Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police Police  | [13]
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 | [14]
2015 | Ch'ng Jit Koon | Former Adviser to Tiong Bahru, Bukit Merah and Tanjong Pagar Grassroots Organisations  | [15]
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
2016  | Badrodin Haiti | 22nd Chief of the Indonesian National Police | [16]
Peter Ho Hak Ean | Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority  | [17]
2017 | Ho Kwon Ping | Chairman, Singapore Management University, Board of Trustees  | [18]
Chin Siat Yoon | Former Ambassador to Japan  | [19]
Jammy Shah Al-Islam | Police Commissioner of Brunei  | [20]
2018 | Philip Ng Chee Tat | Former Chairman, Singapore University of Technology and Design | [21]
Wong Ngit Liong | Former Chairman, NUS Board of Trustees
2019  | Ang Kong Hua | Chairman, Sembcorp Industries Ltd; Chairman, GIC Investment Board |
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 | [22]
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  | [23]
Tito Karnavian | 29th Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia | [24]
2021  | Benny Lim  | Chairman, National Parks Board | [25]
Richard Magnus  | Chairman, Public Transport Council
2021  | Gopinath Pillai | Diplomat and former Indian Heritage Centre advisory board chairman  | [26]
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 | [27]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (The Distinguished Service Order) Rules 1996 - Singapore Statutes Online". sso.agc.gov.sg. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e Chern, Alphonsus (13 August 2015). "Singapore badges of honour". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
3. ^ "Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) — (The Distinguished Service Order — Military) Rules 1981 - Singapore Statutes Online". sso.agc.gov.sg. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
4. ^ Singapore, Prime Minister's Office (17 November 2018). "PMO | Recipients". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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