11TH Brigade Commander Safwan heads list of 19 recipients of Selangor state honours

KLANG: Commander of the 11th Brigade Brigadier General Datuk Safwan @ Asri Ismail led the list of 19 recipients of state honours at a ceremony held in conjunction with the silver jubilee celebration of the reign of Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah today.

Safwan was among eight people conferred the Dato' Paduka Mahkota Selangor (DPMS), which carries the title Datuk for male recipients and Datin Paduka for female recipients.

They received the award from Sultan Sharafuddin at the Balairung Seri of Istana Alam Shah.

Also present at the investiture ceremony were Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin, as well as Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah and his wife Datin Paduka Seri Afzaa Fadini Abdul Aziz.

Also present were Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and members of the state executive council.

The DPMS was also conferred on Malaysia's Consul-General in Istanbul, Ahmad Amiri Abu Bakar, National Hydrographic Centre director-general Rear Admiral Dr Najhan Md Said and former Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Shahrin Sahib @ Sahibuddin.

Other recipients were Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry deputy secretary-general (Energy) Mareena Mahpudz, SD Guthrie Bhd president and group chief executive officer Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad, YTL Corporation Bhd legal adviser Datin Seri Kathleen Chew Wai Lin, and Grab Holdings Limited chief executive officer Anthony Tan Ping Yeow.

Meanwhile, Kuala Langat District Officer Tengku Rohana Tengku Nawawi, Selangor Public Works Department director Shukri Ishak and World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur group managing director Prof Datuk Seri Dr Irmohizam Ibrahim were among the six recipients of the Dato' - Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS) award.

The other recipients were Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director Datuk Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir, Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society president Tengku Mohamed Fauzi Tengku Abdul Hamid and Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd chief financial officer Ann Wan Tee.

The DSIS carries the title Datuk for male recipients and Datin Paduka for female recipients.

Meanwhile, the Setia Mahkota Selangor award was conferred on 25th Battalion Royal Malay Regiment Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Anwar Saaharatol Mat Kamal and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chief development officer N.E. Stella Jeevamani.

The Setia - Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (SIS) award was conferred on Malaysia Defence Intelligence Organisation cyber intelligence chief Colonel Mohd Azlizam Haji Uda, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, Department of Management senior lecturer Lieutenant Colonel Dr Wong Wai Loong and Defence Ministry database staff officer 1 Lieutenant Colonel Mohd Khairi Mohd Yussoff.

Today's ceremony also witnessed the Istiadat Menjunjung Duli and Menghadap Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Selangor, involving the Orang Besar Istana and Dato' Diraja Selangor, who returned after being away from Selangor for seven days following the Proclamation of Titles ceremony.

The two individuals previously proclaimed as Orang Besar Istana were Raja Datuk Reza Alhaj Raja Zaib Shah Alhaj, who received the title Engku Sri Paduka Diraja, and Tengku Ezrique Ezzuddean Tengku Ardy Esfandiari Alhaj, who received the title Tengku Orang Kaya Menteri Diraja.

Also proclaimed was Datuk Dr Aljafri Abdul Majid as Dato' Diraja Selangor, with the title Dato' Sri Maharaja Diraja.