Noor Aishah binti Mohammad Salim ( Jawi: نور عايشه محمد سليم; born 21 May 1933) is the widowed wife of former

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Early life

Noor Aishah was born in Penang in 1933, and was adopted by Mohammad Salim Jusoh (born Barney Perkins) and Fatimah Ali. She married

on 20 November 1949, at the age of 16.

Spouse of the president of Singapore

Noor Aishah was patron for the

Singapore Red Cross The Singapore Red Cross (SRC), formally the Singapore Red Cross Society, is a humanitarian aid and community services charity in Singapore. The SRC is a national member of the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Interna ...

, the Young Women's Muslim Association, and the

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Girl Guides

Noor Aishah became the first Asian president of the Singapore Girl Guides Association (now

Girl Guides Singapore Girl Guides Singapore (GGS; Malay: ''Pandu Puteri Singapura'') is the national Guiding organisation of Singapore. It was first established in 1917 as The Singapore Girl Guides Association, before being renamed to its current iteration on 24 Jul ...

) in 1959. In 1965, she became the patron of the movement. She was awarded the Laurel Leaf, the highest award of the Singapore Girl Guides' Association, in 1970. Veteran Guiding leaders credit her with helping to raise funds for the movement when funding was scarce, and with helping to secure a plot of land for their headquarters in the Clemenceau area in the 1960s. The Girl Guides named the Puan Noor Aishah Award after her.

Awards

Noor Aishah was awarded the ''Pingat Bakti Chemerlang'' (Distinguished Service Medal; later replaced by the ''

Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang ( en, Distinguished Service Order) is a Singaporean national honour instituted in 1968. It was created to replace the ''Pingat Bakti Chemerlang'' ( en, Distinguished Service Medal) and is awarded to any person w ...

'', or Distinguished Service Order) in 1964 for her work in social welfare.

References

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