Brunei Honours 2006

The Honours Award Ceremony by His Majesty during his 60th birthday was a solemn affair. By my calculation, this is the largest number of Datoship being awarded and I don't remember any previous group larger than this. The last one when more than 20 datoships were awarded was way back in 1987 when my father was one of the 22 DPMB recipients.

All the Cabinet Ministers datoships have now been upgraded to first class as well as 2 deputy ministers. 26 new datoships were awarded and one of the more interesting figure to receive his datoship was Pehin Kapitan China Kornia Diraja Awang Lau Ah Kok more popularly known as Mr. Hua Ho. He enjoyed the ceremony so much that he posed for photographs after receiving the datoship at the back of the queue, luckily out of sight of His Majesty who was still awarding other datoships at the dais!

On this occassion, everyone in bruneiresources.com and bruneiresources.blogspot.com would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the recent recipients of the honours bestowed by His Majesty during His Majesty's 60th Birthday Celebrations as follows (and hopefully also impart knowledge to readers who the recipients are and what honours they were upgraded from or just received):-

Darjah Setia Negara Brunei Yang Amat Bahagia (The Most Blessed Order of Setia Negara Brunei) - Darjah Pertama (1st Class) - PSNB with the title of Dato Seri Setia

1. Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Adanan bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister of Home Affairs (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)
2. Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, Minister of Health (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)
3. Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, Minister of Development (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)
4. Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister's Office (Datoship upgraded from SPMB - Dato Seri Paduka)
5. Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abd Rahman bin Haji Ibrahim, Second Minister of Finance (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)
6. Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Dewa Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs (Datoship upgraded from SPMB - Dato Seri Paduka)
7. Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Orang Kaya Shahbandar Dato Seri Setia Haji Awang Mohd Nawawi bin Pehin Orang Kaya Shahbandar Haji Awang Mohd Taha (Datoship upgraded from SPMB - Dato Seri Paduka)

Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Yang Amat Mulia (The Most Honourable Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei) - Darjah Pertama (1st Class) - SPMB with the title of Dato Seri Paduka

1. Yang Mulia Dato Seri Paduka Haji Eusof Agaki bin Haji Ismail, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office (and Director of Internal Security) (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)
   
2. Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Singamanteri Col (L) Dato Seri Paduka Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar, Deputy Minister of Defence (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)

Darjah Setia Negara Brunei Yang Amat Bahagia (The Most Blessed Order of Setia Negara Brunei) - Darjah Kedua (2nd Class) - DSNB with the title of Dato Setia

1. Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Orang Kaya Ratna Setia Dato Setia Haji Awang Abd Hapidz bin Pehin Orang Kaya Laksamana Haji Awang Abdul Razak (Datoship upgraded from DPMB - Dato Paduka)

Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Yang Amat Mulia (The Most Honourable Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei) - Darjah Kedua (2nd Class) - DPMB with the title of Dato Paduka

[Note: The following are new holders of Datoships (some of the recipients are also Pehins)]

1. Yang Berhormat Pehin Kapitan Lela Diraja Dato Paduka Awang Goh King Chin, Member of Legislative Council and Corporate Figure (Goh Hock Kee Motors)
2. Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Kapitan China Kornia Diraja Dato Paduka Awang Lau Ah Kok, Corporate Figure (Hua Ho Department Stores)
3. Yang Dimuliakan Begawan Pehin Khatib Dato Paduka Awang Haji Ahmad bin Abdul Razak
4. Yang Dimuliakan Begawan Pehin Khatib Dato Paduka Awang Haji Abd Wahid bin Haji Besar
5. Yang Mulia Penglima Diraja Dato Paduka Awang Haji Abdul Rashid bin Haji Ibrahim
6. Yang Berhormat Dato Paduka Awang Haji Idris bin Haji Abbas, Member of Legistlative Council and Corporate Figure (Arkitek Idris)
7. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Kamis bin Haji Tamin, Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
8. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Mustappa bin Haji Sirat, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
9. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Shofry bin Haji Abdul Ghafor, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
10. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Jemat bin Haji Ampal, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
11. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Timothy Ong, Chairman of Brunei Economic Development Board
12. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Abd Salam bin Momin, Deputy Private and Confidential Secretary to His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
13. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Alikhan bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Mohd Yussof, Private and Confidential Secretary to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince
14. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Haji Ishaaq bin Haji Abdullah, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Religious Affairs
15. Yang Mulia Colonel Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Rosli bin Pg Haji Chucuh, Royal Brunei Armed Forces
16. Yang Mulia Colonel (L) Dato Paduka Haji Joharie bin Haji Metussin, Royal Brunei Armed Forces
17. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Haji Sumadi bin Sukaimi, Senior Special Duties Officer, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
18. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Ahmad bin Dullah, Director of Prisons Department
19. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Dr. Haji Abd Latif bin Haji Ibrahim, Office of Private and Confidential Secretary to His Majesty
20. Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Muslim bin Haji Burut
21. Yang Mulia Awang Haji Noordin bin Md Yussof
22. Yang Mulia Datin Paduka Hajah Maimunah binti Dato Paduka Haji Elias, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
23. Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Manteri Bini Datin Paduka Dayang Hajah Aminah binti Haji Md Yassin
24. Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Jawatan Bini Datin Paduka Dayang Hajah Siti binti Haji Mohd Yusof Khan