The Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (English: Public Service Star) is a
Singaporean decoration instituted in 1963, is awarded to any person who has rendered valuable public service to the people of
Singapore
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, or who has distinguished themselves in the field of arts and letters, sports, the sciences, business, the professions and the labour movement.
Bars may be issued for further service.
Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters BBM.
The Bintang Bakti Masyarakat was first awarded in 1963. There were 88 recipients of the initial award which included community leaders, artists, social workers and trade union leaders.
Description
* The medal consists of two concentric rings having, on the obverse side, a five-pointed star with star-burst design. In the centre is embossed a circular shield bearing a crescent and five stars. At the bottom half of the outer ring is a scroll bearing the inscription "BINTANG BAKTI MASYARAKAT". The inner ring is embossed with a
laurel wreath
A laurel wreath is a round wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen, or later from spineless butcher's broom (''Ruscus hypoglossum'') or cherry laurel (''Prunus laurocerasus''). It is a sy ...
.
* The reverse bears the
State Arms.
* The ribbon is grey with a white centre stripe flanked immediately on each side by a red stripe, a thin white stripe, another red stripe and finally, a thin white stripe, in that order.
See also
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:Recipients of the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
References
External links
Bintang Bakti Masyarakat- Description at Prime Minister's Office Singapore
{{Orders, decorations, and medals of Singapore
Civil awards and decorations of Singapore
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