Over 1,000 conferred honours

Honoured recipients: Yusof Taiyoob Sdn Bhd director Abdul Rahim Taiyoob, FIABCI Malaysian chapter president Datuk Koe Peng Kang, Francis, Nantha Balan, (from left below) Sahabudin, Tio and Khoo were among those conferred state awards this year.

GEORGE TOWN: In his first honours’ list as the eighth Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak has conferred state awards on 1,036 recipients in conjunction with his 72nd birthday celebration.

The list is led by Toh Puan Khadijah Mohd Nor, the consort of the Penang Governor. She was conferred the Darjah Utama Pangkuan Negeri (DUPN), which comes with the title “Datuk Seri Utama”.