Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang

Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Distinguished Service Order)
Type	Order of Honour
Established	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Country	Singapore
Awarded for	Any person who has performed within Singapore any act or series of acts which constitute distinguished conduct
Status	Active
Post-nominals	DUBC
Former grades	Pingat Bakti Chemerlang (Distinguished Service Medal)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sijil Kemuliaan
Next (lower)	Pingat Kehormatan
Equivalent	Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera)
Ribbon after 1996 Ribbon prior to 1996

The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (English: Distinguished Service Order) is a Singaporean national honour instituted in 1968.^[1] It was created to replace the Pingat Bakti Chemerlang (English: Distinguished Service Medal) and is awarded to any person who has performed within Singapore any act or series of acts which constitute distinguished conduct.^[2] It may be awarded to people performing acts of distinguished conduct outside Singapore under special circumstances.

The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.^{[citation needed]}

The military equivalent of the award is the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera).^[3]

Recipients

Source:^[4]

Year	Recipient	Affiliation at time of award	Ref.
1968	Howe Yoon Chong	Chairman, Housing and Development Board; Member of Parliament, Potong Pasir	[2]
1978	Tan Boon Teik	Attorney-General of Singapore	[5][6]
1985	Ee Peng Liang	Philanthropist	[2]
1989	Lee Hee Seng	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[7]
	Yong Pung How	Supreme Court Judge
1990	Lee Khoon Choy	author, artist, politician, Senior Minister of State and ambassador	[2]
	Tommy Koh	academic, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Ambassador	^[citation needed]
1991	Wee Chong Jin	Former Chief Justice of Singapore	[2]
1999	Chan Sek Keong	Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Chambers
	Ngiam Tong Dow	Chairman, HDB and CPF Board, Ministry of Finance
	Ya'akub Zainal	Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force	[8]
2000	Lim Pin	Vice-chancellor, NUS and Prof, Dept of Medicine, NUS, Ministry of Education
	Lim Chong Yah	Chairman, National Wages Council, Ministry of Manpower
	Lee Ek Tieng	Group managing director, GIC Private Limited and Deputy chairman, MAS, Ministry of Finance
2001	Alan F C Choe	Ex-Chairman, SDC and chairman, Sentosa Cove Pte Ltd, Ministry of Trade and Industry
	Lee Seng Wee	Chairman, OCBC Ltd, Prime Minister's Office
2002	Andrew Chew Guan Khuan	Chairman, Public Service Commission
	Yeo Ning Hong	Chairman, PSA Corporation
2003	Norian Mai	Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police	^[citation needed]
	Cham Tao Soon	University Distinguished Professor, President's Office, Nanyang Technological University
2006	Lee Ching Yen, Stephen	managing director, Great Malaysia Textile Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd
	Teo Chan Seng, Eddie	Singapore's High Commissioner, Canberra, Australia
	Al-Muhtadee Billah	Crown Prince of Brunei	[9]
2007	Cheng Wai Keung	Chairman, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd
	Lee Seng Gee	Chairman, Lee Foundation
	Lim Chee Onn	Executive chairman, Keppel Corporation Limited
2008	Chao Hick Tin	Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court	[10]
	Koh Boon Hwee	Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nanyang Technological University
	Mick Keelty	Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police	^[citation needed]
2009	Fock Siew Wah	Group chairman, PSA International Pte Ltd
	Musa Hassan	Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police	^[citation needed]
2010	Bambang Hendarso Danuri	19th Chief of the Indonesian National Police	[11]
	Tan Gee Paw	Chairman, Public Utilities Board, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
2011	Chan Heng Chee	Ambassador, Singapore Embassy in Washington, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Wee Cho Yaw	Founding President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and Pro-Chancellor, Nanyang Technological University	[12]
2012	Peter Seah Lim Huat	Chairman, DBS Group Holdings Ltd; Chairman, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd; Chairman, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd
	Tan Chin Tiong	Ambassador-at-Large
2013	Hasrin Sabtu	Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force	[13]
	Timur Pradopo	20th Chief of the Indonesian National Police	[14]
	Tan Sri Haji Ismail Bin Haji Omar	Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police Police	[15]
2014	Chua Thian Poh	President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations; Chairman, Ren Ci Hospital; Chairman, Business China; Chairman, Board of Trustees of Chinese Development Assistance Council; Honorary President, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry	[16]
2015	Ch'ng Jit Koon	Former Adviser to Tiong Bahru, Bukit Merah and Tanjong Pagar Grassroots Organisations	[17]
	Liu Thai-Ker	Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Board
	Sidek Saniff	Former Adviser to Aljunied Grassroots Organisations
	Tan Wee Kiat	Chief Executive Officer, Gardens by the Bay, Advisor, National Parks Board
	Tee Tua Ba	Ambassador (Non-Resident) to Switzerland
	Winston Choo Wee Leong	Ambassador (Non-Resident) to Israel
	Bahrin Mohd Noor	Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force	[18]
2016	Badrodin Haiti	22nd Chief of the Indonesian National Police	[19]
	Peter Ho Hak Ean	Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority	[20]
2017	Ho Kwon Ping	Chairman, Singapore Management University, Board of Trustees	[21]
	Chin Siat Yoon	Former Ambassador to Japan	[22]
	Jammy Shah Al-Islam	Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force	[23]
2018	Philip Ng Chee Tat	Former Chairman, Singapore University of Technology and Design	[24]
	Wong Ngit Liong	Former Chairman, NUS Board of Trustees
2019	Ang Kong Hua	Chairman, Sembcorp Industries Ltd; Chairman, GIC Investment Board	[25]
	Gerard Ee Hock Kim	Chairman, Charity Council
	Chiang Chie Foo	Chairman, CPF Board; Chairman, PUB
	Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun	11th Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police	[26]
2020	Koh Choon Hui	Chairman, Singapore Children's Society
	Wang Gungwu	Former Chairman, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute; Former Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Former Chairman, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore	[27]
	Tito Karnavian	29th Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia	[28]
2021	Benny Lim	Chairman, National Parks Board	[29]
	Richard Magnus	Chairman, Public Transport Council
2022	Gopinath Pillai	Diplomat and former Indian Heritage Centre advisory board chairman	[30]
	Lee Tzu Yang	Chairman, Public Service Commission
	Tan Chorh Chuan	Chief health scientist, Ministry of Health
2023	Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan	5th Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investments Affairs of Indonesia	[31]
2024	Irwan Hambali	Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force	[32]

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External links

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