# Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang

The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (English: Distinguished Service Order) is a Singaporean national honour instituted in 1968. It was created to replace the Pingat Bakti Chemerlang (English: Distinguished Service Medal) and is awarded to any person who has performed within Singapore any act or series of acts which constitute distinguished conduct. It may be awarded to people performing acts of distinguished conduct outside Singapore under special circumstances.
The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.
The military equivalent of the award is the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera).

## Recipients

Source:
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation at time of award |
| 1968 | Howe Yoon Chong | Chairman, Housing and Development Board; Member of Parliament, Potong Pasir |
| 1978 | Tan Boon Teik | Attorney-General of Singapore |
| 1985 | Ee Peng Liang | Philanthropist |
| 1989 | Lee Hee Seng | Chairman, Public Service Commission |
| 1989 | Yong Pung How | Supreme Court Judge |
| 1990 | Lee Khoon Choy | author, artist, politician, Senior Minister of State and ambassador |
| 1990 | Tommy Koh | academic, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Ambassador |
| 1991 | Wee Chong Jin | Former Chief Justice of Singapore |
| 1999 | Chan Sek Keong | Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Chambers |
| 1999 | Ngiam Tong Dow | Chairman, HDB and CPF Board, Ministry of Finance |
| 1999 | Ya'akub Zainal | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force |
| 2000 | Lim Pin | Vice-chancellor, NUS and Prof, Dept of Medicine, NUS, Ministry of Education |
| 2000 | Lim Chong Yah | Chairman, National Wages Council, Ministry of Manpower |
| 2000 | Lee Ek Tieng | Group managing director, GIC Private Limited and Deputy chairman, MAS, Ministry of Finance |
| 2001 | Alan F C Choe | Ex-Chairman, SDC and chairman, Sentosa Cove Pte Ltd, Ministry of Trade and Industry |
| 2001 | Lee Seng Wee | Chairman, OCBC Ltd, Prime Minister's Office |
| 2002 | Andrew Chew Guan Khuan | Chairman, Public Service Commission |
| 2002 | Yeo Ning Hong | Chairman, PSA Corporation |
| 2003 | Norian Mai | Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police |
| 2003 | Cham Tao Soon | University Distinguished Professor, President's Office, Nanyang Technological University |
| 2006 | Lee Ching Yen, Stephen | managing director, Great Malaysia Textile Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd |
| 2006 | Teo Chan Seng, Eddie | Singapore's High Commissioner, Canberra, Australia |
| 2006 | Al-Muhtadee Billah | Crown Prince of Brunei |
| 2007 | Cheng Wai Keung | Chairman, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd |
| 2007 | Lee Seng Gee | Chairman, Lee Foundation |
| 2007 | Lim Chee Onn | Executive chairman, Keppel Corporation Limited |
| 2008 | Chao Hick Tin | Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court |
| 2008 | Koh Boon Hwee | Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nanyang Technological University |
| 2008 | Mick Keelty | Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police |
| 2009 | Fock Siew Wah | Group chairman, PSA International Pte Ltd |
| 2009 | Musa Hassan | Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police |
| 2010 | Bambang Hendarso Danuri | 19th Chief of the Indonesian National Police |
| 2010 | Tan Gee Paw | Chairman, Public Utilities Board, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources |
| 2011 | Chan Heng Chee | Ambassador, Singapore Embassy in Washington, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2011 | Wee Cho Yaw | Founding President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and Pro-Chancellor, Nanyang Technological University |
| 2012 | Peter Seah Lim Huat | Chairman, DBS Group Holdings Ltd; Chairman, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd; Chairman, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd |
| 2012 | Tan Chin Tiong | Ambassador-at-Large |
| 2013 | Hasrin Sabtu | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force |
| 2013 | Timur Pradopo | 20th Chief of the Indonesian National Police |
| 2013 | Tan Sri Haji Ismail Bin Haji Omar | Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police Police |
| 2014 | Chua Thian Poh | President, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations; Chairman, Ren Ci Hospital; Chairman, Business China; Chairman, Board of Trustees of Chinese Development Assistance Council; Honorary President, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| 2015 | Ch'ng Jit Koon | Former Adviser to Tiong Bahru, Bukit Merah and Tanjong Pagar Grassroots Organisations |
| 2015 | Liu Thai-Ker | Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Board |
| 2015 | Sidek Saniff | Former Adviser to Aljunied Grassroots Organisations |
| 2015 | Tan Wee Kiat | Chief Executive Officer, Gardens by the Bay, Advisor, National Parks Board |
| 2015 | Tee Tua Ba | Ambassador (Non-Resident) to Switzerland |
| 2015 | Winston Choo Wee Leong | Ambassador (Non-Resident) to Israel |
| 2015 | Bahrin Mohd Noor | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force |
| 2016 | Badrodin Haiti | 22nd Chief of the Indonesian National Police |
| 2016 | Peter Ho Hak Ean | Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority |
| 2017 | Ho Kwon Ping | Chairman, Singapore Management University, Board of Trustees |
| 2017 | Chin Siat Yoon | Former Ambassador to Japan |
| 2017 | Jammy Shah Al-Islam | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force |
| 2018 | Philip Ng Chee Tat | Former Chairman, Singapore University of Technology and Design |
| 2018 | Wong Ngit Liong | Former Chairman, NUS Board of Trustees |
| 2019 | Ang Kong Hua | Chairman, Sembcorp Industries Ltd; Chairman, GIC Investment Board |
| 2019 | Gerard Ee Hock Kim | Chairman, Charity Council |
| 2019 | Chiang Chie Foo | Chairman, CPF Board; Chairman, PUB |
| 2019 | Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun | 11th Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police |
| 2020 | Koh Choon Hui | Chairman, Singapore Children's Society |
| 2020 | Wang Gungwu | Former Chairman, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute; Former Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Former Chairman, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore |
| 2020 | Tito Karnavian | 29th Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia |
| 2021 | Benny Lim Siang Hoe | Chairman, National Parks Board |
| 2021 | Richard Magnus | Chairman, Public Transport Council |
| 2022 | Gopinath Pillai | Diplomat and former Indian Heritage Centre advisory board chairman |
| 2022 | Lee Tzu Yang | Chairman, Public Service Commission |
| 2022 | Tan Chorh Chuan | Chief health scientist, Ministry of Health |
| 2023 | Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan | 5th Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investments Affairs of Indonesia |
| 2024 | Irwan Hambali | Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force |