Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak

Not to be confused with Order of the Star of Sarawak.

The Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak (Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak) is the highest state order in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is conferred to those who rendered excellent service towards the development of the state of Sarawak and Malaysia.^[1] The Order was established in 1964, a year after Sarawak's independence with the formation of Malaysia. The history of the order can be traced back to 1928, where a similar order named Order of the Star of Sarawak was established by the White Rajahs. However, the revived order has no connection with the previous order, except for the similarity of the name of the order. The motto of the Order is based on the state motto and the current one was adopted in 1988.^{[citation needed]} The design of the order ribbon was changed twice, first in 1973 and again in 1988. The design follows the colors of the Sarawakian flag: blue, red and white (1973 design), and yellow, black and red (1988 design). Both the Officer of the Star of Sarawak (JBS) and Officer of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (JBS) share the same necklace design.^{[citation needed]}

Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak
Awarded by The State Government of Sarawak
Type	Order
Established	1964
Motto	Dum Spiro Spero (Berharap Selagi Bernafas, As long as I breathe, I hope) (1964-1972) Hidup Selalu Berkhidmat (Live to Serve) (1973-1988) Bersatu, Berusaha, Berbakti (United, Striving, Serving) (1988-present)
Eligibility	Malaysian citizens, but citizens of countries other than Malaysia can be conferred honorary awards though.
Awarded for	State Order of Merit
Status	Currently constituted
Grades	7 (S.B.S.), (P.N.B.S.), (P.S.B.S.), (J.B.S.), (P.B.S.), (A.B.S.), (B.B.S.)
Statistics
Total inductees	860 (living recipients at each time of appointment only)
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak (Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak)

Classes

Order	Post-nominal	Title	Created	Changed	Living recipients at each time of appointment only	Photo
Knight Grand Commander (Satria Bintang Sarawak) previously "Darjah Utama Bintang Paduka Seri Sarawak", later "Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak"	S.B.S. (formerly D.P.S.S., later D.U.B.S.)	Pehin Sri[2]	1983	1988,2003	8	1
Knight Commander (Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak)	P.N.B.S.	Dato Sri[2] formerly Dato'	1964	1973,1988	8	2
Commander (Panglima Setia Bintang Sarawak)	P.S.B.S.	Dato[2] formerly Dato'	1997	None	18	3
Companion (Johan Bintang Sarawak)	J.B.S.	None	1973	1988	52	4
Officer (Pegawai Bintang Sarawak)	P.B.S.	None	1964	1973,1988	Unlimited	5
Member (Ahli Bintang Sarawak)	A.B.S.	None	1964	1973,1988	Unlimited	6
Knight (Bentara Bintang Sarawak)	B.B.S.	None	1973	1988	Unlimited	7

Timeline	Ribbon bars
	D.P.S.S./D.U.B.S./S.B.S.	P.N.B.S.	P.S.B.S.	J.B.S.	P.B.S.	A.B.S.	B.B.S.
Since 1988	S.B.S. (2003 - present)
	D.U.B.S. (1988 - 2003)
1973 - 1988	D.P.S.S. (1983 - 1988)
1964 - 1973

Recipients

Satria Bintang Sarawak (S.B.S.)

Main category: Knights Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak

Recipients of the Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak include:

2003

Recipient	Office	Notes	Ref.
Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Dr. Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud	4th Chief Minister of Sarawak	26 March 1981 – 28 February 2014	[3]
Datuk Patinggi Dr. Mahathir Mohamad	4th Prime Minister of Malaysia	16 July 1981 – 31 October 2003

2017

Recipient	Office	Notes	Ref.
Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng	3rd Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak	2 April 1977 – 1 April 1981	[4]
	6th Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak	22 February 2001 – 28 February 2014
Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi (Dr.) Haji Adenan Satem[nb 1]	5th Chief Minister of Sarawak	1 March 2014 – 11 January 2017	[5]

2024

Recipient	Office	Notes	Ref.
Tun Dato Sri Dr. Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar	8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak	26 January 2024 – present	[6]

Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak (P.N.B.S.)

Main category: Knights Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak

Recipients of the Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (P.N.B.S.) also receive the title "Dato Sri".^[7] They include:

2002

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Datuk Lim Haw Kuang	Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, Malaysia	[8]
Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib	Group Chairman of Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad

2003

Recipient	Office	Ref.
General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin	Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia	[9]
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Norian Mai	Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia
Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik	former Minister of Transport of Malaysia
	MP for Labis
Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz	Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
	MP for Kuala Kangsar
Dato' Seri Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	Minister of Works of Malaysia
	MP for Sungai Siput
Dato' (Dr.) Mohd Effendi Norwawi	Minister of Agriculture of Malaysia
	MP for Kuala Rajang
Dato' Haji Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar	Speaker of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Datuk Wong Soon Koh	Minister for Infrastructure and Communications Development of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Bawang Assan
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Samsudin Osman	Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Shamsudin Hitam	Secretary-General of the Treasury of Malaysia
Dato' Seri Dr. Zainul Ariff Hussain	Director-General of Implementation Co-ordination Unit of the Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia
Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Hassan Marican	Chairman of Petronas
Saleh Abdullah Kamel[nb 2]	Chairman & Founder of Dallah Al-Baraka

2005

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Tan Sri Dato' Indera Dr. Hadenan Abdul Jalil	Auditor General of Malaysia	[10]
Tan Sri Haji Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman	Chairman of Election Commission of Malaysia
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook[nb 2]	Earl of Cranbrook

2006

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Bakri Omar	Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia	[11]
Dato' Sri Chan Kong Choy	Minister of Transport of Malaysia
	MP for Selayang
Datu Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman	Financial secretary of Sarawak
Datuk Awang Tengah Ali Hasan	Minister for Planning and Resource Management II of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Bukit Sari
Datuk William Mawan Ikom	Minister for Social Development and Urbanisation of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Pakan
Datuk Dr. Leo Michael Toyad	former Minister of Tourism of Malaysia
	MP for Mukah

2007

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Arshad Ayub	Chairman of PFM Capital Propriety Limited	[12]
	Chairman of AmanahRaya Investment Bank Limited
	Chairman of the board of directors of University of Malaya
Tan Sri Datuk Wira Musa Hassan	Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia

2008

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Tun Dato' Sri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik	former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications of Malaysia	[13]
	former Minister of Primary Industries of Malaysia
	former MP for Beruas
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Nor Mohamed Yakcop	Minister of Finance II of Malaysia
	MP for Tasek Gelugor
Dato' Seri Haji Mohamed Khaled Nordin	Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia
	MP for Pasir Gudang
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Muhyiddin Yassin	Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
	MP for Pagoh
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Sidek Hassan	Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
	President of International Islamic University Malaysia
Haji Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib
Dr. Albert Hong Hin Kay[nb 2]	Chairman and managing director of RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Propriety Limited
	Honorary Consul of Tunisia in Singapore

2009

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Abdul Gani Patail	Attorney General of Malaysia	[14]
Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas	Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia
	MP for Betong
Datuk Michael Manyin Jawong	Minister for Tourism and Cities Development of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Tebedu

2010

Recipient	Office	Ref.
General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azizan Ariffin	Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia	[15]
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah	Secretary-General of the Treasury of Malaysia
Dato' Sri Mahmood Adam	Secretary-General of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia
Datuk Nasir Sakaran	Minister in the Chief Minister's Department of Sabah
	MLA of Sabah for Senallang

2011

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Dato' Sri Mohammad Ali Mahmud	MLA of Sarawak for Muara Tuang	[16][17]
Pehin Jawatan Dalam Seri Maharaja Dato Seri Utama Dr. Haji Awang Mohd Jamil AlSufri Begawan Urdana Khatib Dato Seri Paduka Awang Umar[nb 2]

2012

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Dato' John Lau Kah Sieng	Founder of Kumpulan Design/Arkitek KDI Propriety Limited	[18][19]
Yaw Chee Ming	Chief Executive Officer of Samling Global Limited
Pehin Orang Kaya Shahbandar Dato Seri Setia Haji Awang Mohd Nawawi Allahyarham Pehin Orang Kaya Shahbandar Haji Awang Mohd Taha[nb 2]	Private and Confidential Secretary to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam

2013

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Dato' Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	Minister of Home Affairs of Malaysia	[20]
	MP for Bagan Datuk
Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Hussein	Minister of Defence of Malaysia
	MP for Sembrong
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ali Hamsa	Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dato' Sri Paduka Dr. Lim Kok Wing
Kazuhisa Kogo[nb 2]	President of Tokuyama Corporation

2014

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie Apdal	Minister of Rural and Regional Development of Malaysia	[21]
	MP for Semporna
Pehin Orang Kaya Datuk Paduka Awang Lim Jock Seng	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II of Brunei
Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of Malaysia
	MP for Santubong
Dato' Ir. Haji Wahab Suhaili	Executive Chairman of Jurutera Perunding Wahba Propriety Limited
	former MLA of Sarawak for Batang Sadong

2015

Recipient	Office	Ref.
General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin	Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia	[22]
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohamad Zabidi Zainal	Director-General of the Public Service Department of Malaysia

2016

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Ambrin Buang	Auditor General of Malaysia	[23]
Tan Sri Dato Bustari Yusuf	Executive Chairman of OBYU Holdings Propriety Limited
Datuk Dr. Stephen Rundi Utom	Minister for Public Utilities of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Kemena

2017

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Dato' Sri Hajah Rohani Abdul Karim	Minister of Women, Family and Community Development of Malaysia	[4]
	MP for Batang Lupar
Dato' Sri Richard Riot Jaem	Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia
	MP for Serian
Datuk Hajah Fatimah Abdullah	Minister for Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Dalat
Datuk Fong Joo Chung	Sarawak state legal counsel
	former Attorney General of Sarawak

2018

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing	MP for Bintulu	[24][25][permanent dead link]
Datuk Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi	former Assistant Minister for Welfare and Women Affairs of Sarawak
	former MLA of Sarawak for Samariang

2019

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Prof. Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian	Minister for Local Government and Housing of Sarawak	[26]
	MLA of Sarawak for Batu Kawah
Datuk Gramong Juna	former Assistant Minister for Tourism of Sarawak
	former MLA of Sarawak for Machan
Datu Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki	Deputy state secretary of Sarawak

2021

Recipient	Office	Ref.
Dato' Sri Nancy Shukri	Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia	[27]
	MP for Batang Sadong
Datuk Lee Kim Shin	Minister of Transport of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Senadin
Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah	Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Sarawak
	MLA of Sarawak for Asajaya
Datuk Talat Mahmood Abdul Rashid	Attorney-General of Sarawak
Datu Dr. Wan Lizozman Wan Omar	Financial Secretary of Sarawak
Datu Kho Kak Beng	Founder of KKB Engineering Berhad

Panglima Setia Bintang Sarawak (P.S.B.S.)

Recipients of the Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (P.S.B.S.) include:-

• The Late Dato Dr Judson Sakai Tagal - 2004 (Posthumous)^[28]
• Dato Zakaria Jaffar - 2004^[28]
• Dato Che Min Che Ahmad - 2004^[28]
• Dato Henry Lau Lee Kong - 2004^[28]
• Dato Hussain Paris - 2004^[28]
• Dato Vincent G. Chapman - 2004^[28]
• Dato Ursula Goh, Co-Founder, Sarawak Federation of Women's Institute^[29] - 2004^[28]
• Dato Dr. James Dawos Mamit - 2006^[30]
• Datin Amar Dato Dayang Morliah Awang Daud, Wife of the Sarawak Minister of Public Utilities - 2009^[31]
• Dato William Wei How Sieng, Advisor, HWS Properties Sdn. Bhd. - 2009^[31]
• Dato Sarbanun Abdul Kadir Marican, veteran artist - 2009^[31]
• Dato Dr Abu Bakar Abdullah @ Tom Belarek, president, Sarawak Orang Ulu Association - 2009^[31]
• Dato Mohamad Ramji Alli, Elections Commission - 2009^[31]
• Dato Bujang Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, businessman - 2009^[31]
• The Rev'd Dato Pastor Dr Su Chii Ann, religious leader and president, Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference (SCAC) - 2009^[31]
• Dato Paul Teo Choo Tee - 2009^[31]
• Yang Arif Dato Rhodzariah Bujang, High Court judge - 2011^[32]
• Professor Dato Dr Jamil Hamali, Universiti Teknologi Mara Sarawak Rector - 2011^[32]
• Dato Mohammad Medan Abdullah, Senior General Manager, Group Corporate Affairs, Petronas - 2011^[32]
• Dato Janet Lau Ung Mie, Women's Wing Chief, Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) Bahagian Sibu Division - 2011^[32]
• Dato Dr Liew Wee Lik, pakar bedah kardiotorasik, Normah Medical Specialist Centre - 2011^[32]
• Dato Alexander Maiyor, president, Miri Melanau Association - 2011^[32]
• Dato Mohamad Sait Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Inland Revenue Board - 2011^[32]
• Dato Wan Morshidi Tuanku Abdul Rahman, president, Miri Malay Association- 2011^[32]
• Dato Usop Wahap @ Sani Wahap, former State Assembly Member (ADUN) for Lambir - 2011^[32]
• Dato Ir. Abang Jemat Abang Bujang, chief executive officer, Sacofa Sdn Bhd - 2011^[32]
• Dato Haji Abang Haji Talhata bin Haji Abang Hazemi, former director, Sarawak Prisons Department - 2011^[32]
• Dato Koh Yaw Hui - 2011^[32]
• Dato Rugayah Abdul Majid - 2011^[32]
• Seyed Ali Dabier Moghaddam - 2011 (Honorary)^[32]
• James Chan Khay Syn, 4th Mayor of Council of the City of Kuching South - 2012^[33][34]
• Dato Temenggong Vincent Lau - 2015^[22]
• Datuk Paduka Muhammad Juanda Abdul Rashid - 2015 (Honorary)^[22]
• Brig. Gen. (R) Dato Muhammad Daniel Damian Abdullah, Commander, Brigade 9 Infantry (Brigade 9) - 2017
• Dato Haji Ahmad Lai bin Bujang, Member of Parliament for P218 Sibuti - 2017^[4]
• Dato Dr Yao Sik Chii, former Sarawak Director of Health - 2017^[4]
• Dato Rabiah Johari, Member of the State Public Service Commission - 2017^[4]
• Dato Sharkawi Alis - 2017^[4]
• Dato Alex Ting Kuang Kuo - 2017^[4]
• Temenggong Dato Helmi Mohd Gol - 2017^[4]
• Dato Bernard Agan Assan - 2017^[4]
• Dato Goh Leng Chua - 2017^[4]
• Dato Yepni @ Yet Adenan - 2017^[4]
• Sgt. (Rtd) Dato Awang anak Raweng, GC, former Iban Scout with the 10th Platoon, Company D, Worcestershire Regiment Battalion 1^[35] - 2018^[24]
• Dato Yong Piaw Soon, group managing director of Harbour-Link Group Bhd - 2018^[24][25]
• Dato Tan Jit Kee, managing director of Hong Seng Construction (E.M.) Sdn. Bhd. and President of the Kuching Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and Industry^[36] - 2018^[24]
• Dato Chieng Buong Toon, Deputy President II, Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) - 2018^[24]
• Dato Marcus Leong, conductor, Simfoni Orkestra Negeri Sarawak (SONS)^[37] - 2018^[24]
• Dato Musa Giri - 2018^[24]
• Dato Dr Munirah Mohd Hassan - 2018 ^[24]
• Ustaz Dato Ismawi Duet, Sarawak Islamic Religious Council - 2018^[24][25][38]
• Ustaz Dato Mustapha Kamal Ahmad Fauzi, Grand Imam of the State of Sarawak - 2018^[24][38]
• Dato Hj. Sulaiman Hj. Narawi, former secretary, Sarawak Public Service Commission, and former Member of the Elections Commission - 2018^[24]
• Dato Janang Bungsu, managing director of Konsortium Bumi Consultants and Services Sdn Bhd - 2018^[24][25]
• Dato Philimon Nuing, Walikota of the Kapit District Council - 2018^[24]

Johan Bintang Sarawak (J.B.S.)

Recipients of the Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (J.B.S.) include:-

• The Late Datuk Marcus Raja - 2004 (Posthumous)^[28]
• The Late Lawrence Th’ng Kok Kuang - 2004 (Posthumous)^[28]
• Datin Judith Satem Nee Palmer - 2004^[28]
• Dr Chou Chii Ming - 2004^[28]
• Jelaing Mersat, Malaysian Deputy Minister of Home Affairs - 2009^[31]
• Abang Mohamad Atei Abang Medaan, Mayor of Kuching North - 2009^[31]
• James Chan Khay Syn, Mayor of Kuching South - 2009^[31]
• Mohd. Amin Hassan, Executive Committee Member, Sarawak United National Youth Organisation (SABERKAS) - 2009^[31]
• Mohamed Ali Mohamed Sheriff - 2009^[31]
• Abang Amir Abang Latip - 2009^[31]
• Dayang Madinah Tun Abang Haji Openg - 2009^[31]
• Haw Min @ Chiew Min Wai, Penghulu for Niah - 2016^[39]
• Ting Hua Sing, treasurer, Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) - 2016^[39]

Pegawai Bintang Sarawak (P.B.S.)

Recipients of the Officer of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (P.B.S.) include:-

• Pemanca Sahari Gani - 2015^[40]
• Tan Hock Heng - 2015^[40]
• Bibi Macpherson@McPherson - 1999

Ahli Bintang Sarawak (A.B.S.)

• Douglas Uggah Embas, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Sarawak - 1985^[41]
• Koh Ek Chong, Councillor, Miri City Council - 2008^[42]
• Julie Ting Chek Ho - 2021^[43]

Bentara Bintang Sarawak (B.B.S.)

• Douglas Uggah Embas, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Sarawak - 1984^[41]

Notes

1. Posthumous.
2. Honorary recipient.