KUCHING, Oct 10: Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Azizah Nawawi and Dewan Negara president Dato’ Awang Bemee Ali Basah will head the list of 1,350 recipients of Sarawak State Awards and Honours, to be conferred by the Sarawak Head of State (TYT) Tun Pehin Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, in conjunction with his 80th official birthday celebration.

The grand investiture ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Astana Negeri Sarawak later this morning.

Azizah and Awang Bemee, alongside two others, namely Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Pro-Chancellor Datuk Abdul Wahab Aziz and prominent Sarawak businessman Datuk Tay Ah Ching@Tay Chin Kin, will be the recipients of the prestigious Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak – Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak (PNBS), which carries the title ‘Dato Sri’.