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The Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore) award, a National Day honour of Singapore, was inaugurated in 1998, following the Economic Development Board's (EDB) initiative.
The recipients of the award are highly regarded international friends who have contributed to Singapore's development in business, industry, technology and science. Their special contributions in these areas have helped to strengthen Singapore's technological capabilities and standing in the international investment community.
Nominations for the DFS programme are open to other public sector agencies, to recognise investor representatives who have contributed significantly to the economy in areas under the partner agencies' purview.
Recipients of the Distinguished Friends of Singapore are:
2006
- Mr William D. Watkins - Chief Executive Officer, Seagate Technology LLC
- Mr Hiromasa Yonekura – President, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2005
- Mr Klaus Ziegler, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Epcos AG
- Dr. h. c. Daniel Vasella, M.D, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
2004
- Mr Lee R Raymond, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Mr Carel van den Driest, Chairman, Royal Vopak
2003
- Mr Edward William Barnholt, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Mr Evert Henkes, Chief Executive Officer (retired), Shell Chemicals, Ltd
- Dr Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Chairman and President, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
2002
- Mr Norio Ohga, Chairman of the Board, Sony Corporation
- Mr Raymond V Gilmartin, President, Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board, Merck & Co. Inc.
2001
- Dr Hermann Franz, Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG and Chairman, R&D Advisory Board to the State of Bavaria, Germany
- Mr Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman and CEO, E. I. du Pont De Nemours & Company in the US
- Mr Yoichi Morishita, Chairman of the Board of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd in Japan
- Lord Charles Powell of Bayswater KCMG, Chairman, Sagitta Asset Management Ltd; Former Co-Chairman, Singapore-British Business Council; and Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moet-Hennessy in the UK.
2000
- Mr Lucio Noto, Vice-Chairman, ExxonMobil Corporation
- Sir Paul Girolami, Executive Chairman, Glaxo Wellcome Group (from 1985-1994; currently retired)
- Mr Akio Kosai, President, Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd
- Dr Sydney Brenner, Principal Scientific Advisor and Chief Scientific Officer, Lynx Therapeutics Inc. USA
1999
- Mr John Nine, President Technical Operations & Corporate VP, Schering Plough
- Dr Tsutomu Kanai, President & Representative Director, Hitachi Ltd
- Sir Richard Sykes, Chairman, Glaxo Wellcome plc (Glaxo Smithkline)
- Mr Ing Pasquale Pistorio, President and CEO, ST Microelectronics
- Dr Tsuyoshi Kawanishi Senior Adviser, Toshiba Corporation (nominated by National Science and Technology Board, NSTB)
1998
- Mr LC Van Wachem Chairman of Supervisory Board, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (Shell)
- Dr Yoshiyuki Kaneda President & Representative Director, Sony Corporation
- Mr Clateo Castellini Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Becton Dickinson
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