Pingat Jasa Gemilang
The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) is a Singaporean national honour and medal instituted in 1962. It may be awarded to any person who has performed "service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion to duty, including long service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct within Singapore". It may also be awarded to any person outside of Singapore under exceptional circumstances.
Pingat Jasa Gemilang
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The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) is a Singaporean national honour and medal instituted in 1962. It may be awarded to any person who has performed "service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion to duty, including long service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct within Singapore". It may also be awarded to any person outside of Singapore under exceptional circumstances.
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Overview
Overview
Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters PJG. The Singapore Armed Forces equivalent of the award is the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera).
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) • Caption2 — Ribbon after 1996 • Type — Medal • Country — Singapore • For — Service of conspicuous merit in Singapore, or in special circumstances elsewhere • Status — Active • Post Nominals — PJG • Higher — Pingat Gagah Perkasa • Same — Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) • Lower — Bintang Bakti Masyarakat • Caption3 — Ribbon prior to 1996
History
History
The Pingat Jasa Gemilang was one of six state awards instituted on 19 April 1962. The rules of the award were revised in July 1996.
Description
• The medal is silver-gilt having, on the obverse side, a rhomboid artifice superimposed upon a multi-perforated base. In the centre of the artifice is a shield bearing a crescent and 5 stars and below it a scroll with the inscription "PINGAT JASA GEMILANG". • The reverse bears the State arms. • The ribbon is grey with a red centre band flanked on each side by a white stripe and a thin red stripe.
Award recipients
There have been more than 103 recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang since 1998. Several notable recipients include: • Year — Recipient — Notes — Ref • 1962 — Tan Howe Liang — weightlifter • Stanley Toft Stewart — politician • 1967 — John Le Cain — Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force • 1970 — Cheng Tong Fatt — Diplomat • 1974 — S. R. Nathan — politician • 1978 — Ngiam Tong Dow — Civil servant • 1979 — Tommy Koh — diplomat • 1984 — Lee Ek Tieng — civil servant • 1990 — Chor Yeok Eng — politician • 1992 — Chen Wen Hsi — artist (posthumous) • 1996 — Liu Kang — artist • 1998 — Tee Tua Ba — High Commissioner in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei • 2003 — Khoo Boon Hui — Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force • Tan Swie Hian — artist • 2005 — Chan Heng Chee — diplomat • Mohideen MP Haja Rubin — retired Supreme Court Judge • 2006 — Edwin Nadason Thumboo — poet and academic • Joscelin Yeo — swimmer • 2007 — Lee Hsien Yang — former CEO of SingTel • Gerard Ee — Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation • 2008 — Feng Tianwei — table tennis player • Wang Yuegu — table tennis player • Li Jiawei — table tennis player • 2010 — Peter Ong — Head of Civil Service • 2012 — Wong Ngit Liong — Chairman of National University of Singapore Board of Trustees • 2014 — Lee Tzu Yang — Chairman of the Public Service Commission • 2015 — Canagasabai Kunalan — athlete and educator • 2015 — Hamdan Abu Bakar — Bruneian politician • 2016 — Joseph Schooling — swimmer • Yip Pin Xiu — swimmer • 2017 — Mohamad Fuzi Harun — Inspector-General of Police, Royal Malaysia Police
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- 1.Pingat Jasa Gemilang (The Meritorious Service Medal) Rules 1996 - Singapore Statutes Online. sso.agc.gov.sg.
- 2.The Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Gemilang).
- 3.Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) — (the Meritorious Service Medal — Military) Rules 1981 - Singapore Statutes Online. sso.agc.gov.sg.
- 4.Chern, Alphonsus. Singapore badges of honour. The Straits Times. 2015-08-13.
- 5.Singapore, Prime Minister's Office. PMO Recipients. Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 2018-11-17.
- 6.Singapore, National Library Board. Portrait of Mr. Cheng Tong Fatt, former Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. www.nlb.gov.sg.
- 7.Foong, Woei Wan. Artist Liu Kang, 93, dies. The Straits Times. 3. 2 June 2004.
- 8.President and Mrs Tony Tan Keng Yam with recipient of …. www.nas.gov.sg.
- 9.PMO Recipients. Prime Minister's Office. 2021-11-22.
- 10.Investiture of Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) On Director, Brunei Internal Security Department. Ministry of Home Affairs.
- 11.Swimmers Joseph Schooling, Theresa Goh to receive National Day Awards.
- 12.Auto, Hermes. Former Malaysian Special Branch chief conferred prestigious award The Straits Times. www.straitstimes.com. 2017-09-28.
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