SINGAPORE: More than 6,000 people are on the National Day Awards list this year, with four individuals getting the Distinguished Service Order (Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang). The full list was announced on the Prime Minister's Office's website on Wed
SINGAPORE: More than 6,000 people are on the National Day Awards list this year, with four individuals getting the Distinguished Service Order .The four recipients of the Distinguished Service Order are former Housing Board chairperson Bobby Chin; Founders' Memorial Committee member Timothy de Souza; former National Healthcare Group chairman and chair of the Yale-NUS College governing board Kay Kuok; and former Singapore Technologies Engineering chairman Kwa Chong Seng.
Mr de Souza has been a member of the Founders' Memorial Committee since it was formed in 2015 and contributed to the conceptualisation of the memorial, including its objectives and form, by engaging with Singaporeans. She also played a critical role in setting up the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and led NHG in its national COVID-19 response.
Mr Kwa served as chairman of ST Engineering from April 2013 to April 2023. During this time, cutting-edge systems were delivered to the Singapore Armed Forces to support its third-generation transformation.
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