Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) pro-chancellor Arshad Ayub head the list of 829 recipients of the 2020 Federal Awards in conjunction with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah’s birthday.

Tengku Maimun (above) and Arshad will be bestowed the Seri Setia Mahkota (SSM) award, which carries the title "Tun" at the investiture today at Istana Melawati in Putrajaya.

The honours are being conferred in conjunction with His Majesty’s birthday on June 8. The investiture ceremony was moved to this month due to the Covid-19 pandemic that forced the implementation of the movement control order (MCO).

Tengku Maimun and Arshad will be among 31 individuals who will...