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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