KUALA LUMPUR • Yang diPertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today conferred federal awards, medals and honours on 164 recipients in conjunction with the 2023 Federal Territory Day.

Also present at the investiture ceremony held at Istana Negara was the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.

Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, as well as Cabinet ministers were also present.

Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu led the list of seven recipients who were conferred the Seri Mahkota Wilayah (SMV) award which carries the title Datuk Seri.

According to a statement from the Federal Territories Department, the six other recipients were PM’s Department senior deputy secretary general Datuk Seri Sollehuddin Alyubi Zakaria; Ministry of International Trade and Industry secretary general Datuk Seri Isham Ishak; Malaysian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin; Air Force deputy chief Lt General Datuk Seri Muhamad Norazlan Aris; Orando Holdings Sdn Bhd MD Datuk Seri Dr Eng Wei Chun and Amechanus Holdings Sdn Bhd ED Datuk Seri Lawrence Yeo Chua Poh.

Meanwhile, 15 individuals received the Panglima Mahkota Wilayah (PMW) award, which carries the title Datuk, including the PM’s Department’s Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Division secretary Datuk Toisin Gantor; Agriculture and Food Security Ministry’s deputy secretary general (policy) Datuk Azah Hanim Ahmad and Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim.

InvestKL CEO Datuk Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli; KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd group CEO Datuk Md Shah Mahmood; UMW Toyota Motor president Datuk K Ravindran and UDA Holdings Sdn Bhd president Datuk Sr Mohd Salem Kailany were also conferred the PMW.

Several sportsmen also received the PMW in recognition of their contribution to the country, namely former national footballer Datuk Lim Teong Kim; former national bowling queen Datuk Shalin Zulkifli; bodybuilding athlete Datuk Mohd Syarul Azman Mahen Abdullah and former Malaysia Karate Federation coaching director Datuk P Arivalagan.

In today’s ceremony, 16 individuals were awarded the Johan Mahkota Wilayah (JMW); 19 received the Kesatria Mahkota Wilayah (KMW); 15 conferred the Ahli Mahkota Wilayah (AMW), and 92 received the Pangkuan Mahkota Wilayah (PPW) medal. – Bernama