Veteran politician Lim Kit Siang heads the list of 1,346 recipients of state honours and awards in conjunction with the 75th birthday of Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak.

The 82-year-old former DAP chairperson will receive the state’s highest award, that of the Darjah Utama Pangkuan Negeri (DUPN), which carries the title “Datuk Seri Utama”.

Twenty-eight individuals will be conferred the...