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Pingat Bakti Setia
The Pingat Bakti Setia (English: Long Service Award) is a Singaporean decoration instituted in 1962. The medal may be awarded to any person who has completed 25 years continuous service in the service of: * the Government. * any statutory authority (other than a Town Council). * any organisation, association or body rendering services in the field of education. * any company which is wholly owned by the Government and which is carrying on business mainly as an agent or instrumentality of the Government, and who is of irreproachable character. * the Singapore Armed Forces. The award will be followed by (Tentera), Malay for "Army", signifying the awardee's association. Description * The medal, in silver, consists of a multi-lobed disc having, on the obverse side, a circular shield bearing a crescent and 5 stars encircled by a scalloped embellishment. * The reverse bears the State Arms and name of the medal. * The ribbon is grey with a red centre band and a red stripe to each side. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingat Berkebolehan
The Pingat Berkebolehan (English: Efficiency Medal) is a Singaporean decoration instituted in 1969. The medal may be awarded to any of the following persons for exceptional efficiency or exceptional devotion to duty or for work of special significance: * any public officer. * any officer employed by any statutory authority (other than a Town Council). * any person in the service of any organisation, association or body rendering services in the field of education. * any person employed in any company which is wholly owned by the Government and which is carrying on business mainly as an agent or instrumentality of the Government. The Pingat Berkebolehan (Tentera) The Pingat Berkebolehan (Tentera) ( eng, Efficiency Medal (Military)) is a decoration awarded to any member of the Singapore Armed Forces who has clearly demonstrated exceptional efficiency, devotion to duty, or produced work of special significan ... is the military equivalent award. Description * The medal consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Service Medal (Military) (Singapore)
The Long Service Medal (Military) is a decoration awarded to a member of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) (regardless of regular or NSmen status) who has completed 25 years of continuous service. Previously, regular servicemen were eligible for the Pingat Bakti Setia (Long Service Award) in line with other government employees, however NSmen were not eligible. Description * The ribbon is white, with a central red stripe and two flanking thin red stripes on either side. Service medals In the SAF, the medals for service are: * 5 years - Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal * 10 years - Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal * 15 years - Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal with 15 year clasp * 20 years - Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (20 Years) Medal * 25 years - Long Service Medal (Military) * 30 years - Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (20 Years) Medal with 30 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaporean Orders And Decorations
Orders and decorations conferred to civilians and military personnel in Singapore, listed by order of precedence. Awards specific to the military or police forces are separately listed. All state orders and decorations are styled in the Malay language. Note that the ribbons shown are those used after 1996. For pre-1996 ribbons, see the appropriate award page. * Bintang Temasek (Star of Temasek) - BT * Darjah Utama Temasek (Order of Temasek) - DUT * Darjah Utama Nila Utama (Order of Nila Utama) - DUNU * Sijil Kemuliaan (Certificate of Honour) * Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Distinguished Service Order) - DUBC * Pingat Kehormatan (Medal of Honour) * Pingat Gagah Perkasa (Conspicuous Gallantry Medal) * Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) - PJG * Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star) - BBM * Pingat Pentadbiran Awam, Emas (Public Administration Medal, Gold) - PPA(E) * Pingat Keberanian (Medal of Valour) * Pingat Pentadbiran Awam, Perak (Public Administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Singapore
The coat of arms of Singapore is the Coat of arms, heraldic symbol representing the Sovereign state, sovereign island country and city-state of Singapore located in maritime Southeast Asia. It was adopted in 1959, the year Singapore attained Self-governance of Singapore, self-governance from the British Empire, and remains in use after its independence in 1965. The committee that created it, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye, was also responsible for the Flag of Singapore, national flag and the Majulah Singapura, national anthem of Singapore. At the centre of the emblem is a red shield bearing a white crescent, a new moon—representing a "young nation on the ascendant", and five white stars—representing democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality, supported by a Asiatic lion, lion and a Malayan tiger, tiger—representing Singapore's namesake and the country's historical ties to the Malay Peninsula; below them is a blue ribbon inscribed with ''Majulah Singapur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Choy
Elizabeth Choy Su-Moi ( née Yong; 29 November 1910 – 14 September 2006) was a Singaporean educator and councillor who is regarded as a war heroine in Singapore. Along with her husband, Choy Khun Heng, she supplied medicine, money and messages to prisoners-of-war interned in Changi Prison when the Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II. Early life Choy was born in a Hakka family in Kudat, North Borneo (now Sabah). Her great-grandparents first came to Kudat from Hong Kong to assist German missionaries in their work. The eldest of 11 children, Choy's father worked as a civil servant after completing his early education in China with some English education in North Borneo, where he married the daughter of a priest. He transferred to work in Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu) and was later promoted to District Officer and he moved to Kalimantan. Choy was raised by a Kadazan nanny and acquired Kadazan as her first language. She became an Anglican at St Monica's Boarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilahari Kausikan
Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan is a Singaporean retired academic, diplomat and civil servant who served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1995 and 1998. Early life and education Kausikan's father, P.S. Raman, a British Raj-born Tamil Brahmin who moved to Singapore after the Partition of India. He remarried to Lim Eng Neo, a Peranakan, they have three children. His father named him Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan. "Bilahari" is the name of a raga, "Kausikan", a form of the Vedic surname Kaushik, "Setlur", a Brahmin sub-caste, and "Papanasam", the name of his father's village in Tamil Nadu. "Kim Hee" () was the Chinese name that Kausikan's mother gave him. Kausikan graduated from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore), majoring in political science. He subsequently received a scholarship from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to pursue a PhD in international relations at Columbia Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lam Yi Young
Lam Yi Young (; born 1972) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and former Senior Civil Servant. He is also the former Chief Executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). Education Lam studied at Victoria Junior College as part of the cohort of 1989. He then studied at the University of Cambridge from 1991–1994 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Engineering, now holding a Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), Master of Arts (Cambridge) in Engineering. Lam later studied at the Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2004–2005 and graduated with a Master of Public Administration. Career Civil Service Lam spent 24 years in the Singapore Civil Service from 1996–2020 and served various positions in the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Finance (Singapore), Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivakant Tiwari
Sivakant Tiwari, P.P.A.(E.), P.B.S., P.P.A.(E.)(L.), P.J.G. (20 December 1945 – 26 July 2010), known professionally as S. Tiwari, was a senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service. He was educated at the University of Singapore, graduating in law in 1971. He then made the Legal Service his career, serving as head of the Ministry of Defence's legal department (1974), and head of the Attorney-General's Chambers' Civil Division (1987) and International Affairs Division (1995). He was lead counsel in three significant commissions of inquiry arising out of fatal incidents in the 1970s and 1980s. A skilled negotiator, Tiwari was a member of the Singapore delegation which dealt with the United States – Singapore Free Trade Agreement signed in 2003, and served as legal adviser to the delegation which established diplomatic relations between Singapore and the People's Republic of China. He was also on Singapore's legal team in a case concluded in 2003 that had been brought b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Choo
Winston Choo Wee Leong (; born 18 July 1941) is a Singaporean diplomat and former lieutenant-general who served as the first and longest-serving Chief of Defence Force between 1974 and 1992. Early life and education Born in Singapore, Choo grew up in Makepeace Road in the Newton area. He was given the name "Winston" by his grandfather, who named him after Winston Churchill. He attended Monk's Hill School between 1947 and 1952, and the Anglo-Chinese School between 1953 and 1957. During his time at the Anglo-Chinese School, Choo was the captain of his school's football team, played hockey, and won the Queen's Badge for his activities in The Boys' Brigade. Military career Choo enlisted in the Singapore Military Forces (renamed "Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)" in 1961) in December 1959 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in December 1961 after completing his officer cadet training in Sungai Besi, Malaysia. Following that, he served as a platoon commander in the 1st Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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