Agong Awards 2011

Malaysia is unique in many areas. Even the King of Malaysia is not the real king, the way normal kings are. Malaysia king is a constitutional monarch, that mean, we change the king every five years. The king is selected from the 9 sultans of the Malay states.Every year, in June, the official birth day of the Agong, a number of selected Malaysian will be given the honor that may carry various title.For 2011, the list of honor is posted below, extracted from the Malaysian paper thestar.SERI SETIA MAHKOTA MALAYSIA (SSM) with the title TunTan Sri Abdullah AyubPANGLIMA MANGKU NEGARA (PMN) with the title Tan SriTan Sri Ismail Haji Omar, Datuk Harris Mohd SallehPANGLIMA SETIA MAHKOTA (PSM) with the title Tan SriDatuk Seri Abu Bakar Haji Abdullah, Datuk Seri Md Raus Sharif, Datuk Abdull Hamid Embong,...

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Selangor Awards 2011

It is a modern tradition in Malaysia that on the birthday of the sultans and King, the state is given a day of holiday. The sultan will give awards in term of honors or titles.I am trying to find the source of these traditions. I know that some sultan had their public birthday party, including the fest and culture show and even fishing events. It is unlikely that this tradition is from the days of the Malay Sultanate, because by tradition Malays do not celebrate birthdays. I suspect that this an English tradition adopted by the Sultan during the British Colonial daysA. Paduka Mahkota Selangor (SPMS), which carries the title “Datuk Seri"Abdul Aziz Jaafar Navy Chief Mohd Sidek Hassan Chief Secretary to the GovernmentRazman M. Hashim Sunway University College Pro-ChancellorB. Datuk Setia Sultan...

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Kelantan Award

The new sultan of Kelantan had bestowed awards and medals to 213 people.The awards was led by Deputy Inspector- general of police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar. He was awarded the Ahli Yang Pertama Kebesaran Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan which carries the title Datuk Seri Paduka.The Appellate Court Judge Datuk Seri Mohamad Apandi Ali was awarded Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Kelantan yang amat mulia (Al-Mihamadi ii) that carries the title Datuk. The title of Darjah Kebesaran Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan which carries the title Datuk was given to Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.The Justice of Peace were given to Dr Yusoff, Yeo Boon Leong, Wan Rosdi Wan Yusof, Wan Hazani Wan Mohd Yusof, Senator Datuk Hazani Mohd Yusof, Ahad Badli Shah, Tan Yiew Tiong.The number accorded the honor of 213 is rather small, as other states like...

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Pahang Honor List 2011

The following is the total list for the peoples honored in conjunction with the birthday of the sultan of Pahang. DARJAH KEBESARAN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH PAHANG YANG AMAT DIMULIA — PERINGKAT KETIGA SETIA AHMAD SHAH PAHANG — SAP Abdul Rahman Mohamad, Ahmad Roziah Othman, Antony Soosai Manikam, Lt-Col Azhar Ahmad, Khalid Awang Said, Hamadan @ Hamdan Hussin, Mohd Ali Othman, Ahmad Hairi Hussain, Jamaluddin Abdullah, Saari Din, Khairuddin Abdul Rahim, Saharudin Mohd Noh, Col Dr Wan Azmil Wan Mohamed Annuar, Col Dr Mohamad Alirudin Ali, Col Hanafiah Jaafar, Col Abd Rahim Sainon, Ahmad Rozelan Yunus, Phua Kia Kien, Capt Ahmad Shukri Mohd Yunus, Nik Hassan Shah Nik Ab Rahman, Lt-Col Nazatul Rina Lasim, Ahmad Khirrizal Ab Rahman, Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir, Dr Hajah Siti Hawa Kasim, Datin Harvinder Kaur,...

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