KUCHING: A total of 152 individuals were awarded Sarawak state honours by Sarawak Governor Tun Pehin Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar in an investiture ceremony held at the Astana Negeri Sarawak, on Thursday.

The ceremony began with the conferment of the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (P.P.C) to nine recipients, led by Samarahan Division Resident Mohamad Irwan Bahari Bujang.

Meanwhile, Dr Lim Meng Shi, Murugaiah Meyappan, Sulaiman Salleh and Nor Shahida Mohd Sahimi were awarded the Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak Pegawai Bintang Sarawak (P.B.S).

The Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak Pegawai Bintang Kenyalang (P.B.K) was then awarded to 17 individuals including Nur Azhar Bujang and Abu Hassan Yusuf.

This was followed by the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam Pingat Perkhidmatan Bakti (P.P.B) which was awarded to 20 recipients including Reynold Johnny Nagat, Sukri Mohtar and Syed Harold Salleh Wan Mohammad.

In addition, Awang Japar Awang Kabar, Abdul Halik Jafar, Aziz Mohammad and 10 others received the Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak Ahli Bintang Sarawak (A.B.S).

Also honoured were 21 individuals who received the Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak Ahli Bintang Kenyalang (A.B.K), led by Albert Tay Seng Pin.

Meanwhile, the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam Pingat Perkhidmatan Terpuji (P.P.T) was conferred to 32 individuals including Datin Daisy Dayus, Anna Aman and Dayang Ajibah Abang Mohd Supian.

The Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak Bentara Bintang Sarawak (B.B.S) was then awarded to a total of 36 individuals, led by Dahlan Jeraie, Felix Runya and Hasbullah Bachok.

Also present at the ceremony was wife of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Fauziah Mohd Sanusi.

Among other distinguished guests present were Speaker of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar, Minister for Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah, Minister for Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development (M-FICORD) Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom, Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier's Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Dr Juanda Jaya, Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni and M-FICORD Deputy Minister Datuk Martin Ben. -UKASnews

Reporter: Nur Nabilla
Photographer: Ibanez Jeffery Guang
Translator: Nerissa Sia