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The Cultural Medallion is a Singapore cultural award conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in dance, theatre, literature, music, photography, art and film.
It was instituted in March 1979 as an initiative of the late President, Ong Teng Cheong who was the then Minister for Culture. It is administered by the National Arts Council.
On 20 October 2006, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Dr Lee Boon Yang announced that Cultural Medallion recipients are eligible for a project grant of up to S$80,000 each, up from S$50,000. The increase would enable recipients to create major new works.[1]
It was previously conferred by the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (the modern equivalent of the Minister for Culture). However, in 2006, the status of the award was further elevated by being conferred by the President of Singapore.
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List of Cultural Medallion recipients
Year Category Name 1979 Dance Madhavi Krishnan Theatre Bani bin Buang Music Choo Hoey David Lim Kim San Literature Edwin Nadason Thumboo Art Wee Beng Chong 1981 Dance Goh Soo Khim Theatre Joanna Wu Quee Heng Music Ahmad bin Ja'afar Literature Wong Meng Voon Art Lee Hock Moh Ng Eng Teng 1982 Theatre Lin Chen Music Leong Yoon Pin Literature Goh Poh Seng Photography David Tay Poey Cher Art Georgette Chen Liying 1983 Theatre Christopher Henry Rothwell Allen Music Vivien Goh Literature Arthur Yap Photography Ang Chwee Chai 1984 Theatre S Varathan Music Kam Kee Yong Photography Yip Cheong Fun Art Thomas Yeo 1985 Theatre Low Ing Sing Literature Lee Tzu Pheng Photography Tan Lip Seng Art Tay Chee Toh 1986 Dance Goh Choo San Theatre Almahdi Al-Haj Ibrahim N Palanivelu Music Paul Abisheganaden Literature Wong Yoon Wah Art Pan Shou Teo Eng Seng 1987 Dance Som Said Theatre Max Le Blond Music Teng Mah Seng Literature Hj Muhammed Ariff bin Ahmad Photography Lee Lim Art Tan Swie Hian 1988 Dance Lim Fei Shen Theatre Tay Bin Wee Music Alex Abisheganaden Literature N Abdul Rahman Photography Chua Soo Bin Art Iskandar Jalil 1989 Dance Neila Sathyalingam Theatre Kuo Pao Kun Photography Foo Tee Jun Art Goh Beng Kwan 1990 Dance Santha Bhaskar Theatre Han Lao Da Music Lim Yau Literature Chew Kok Chang Photography Peng Seng Wu Art Anthony Poon Ong Kim Seng 1992 Dance Ying E Ding Theatre Phan Wait Hong Music Choo Hwee Lim Art Wang Sui Pick 1993 Music Tay Teow Kiat 1995 Dance Goh Lay Kuan Art Han Sai Por 1996 Music Phoon Yew Tien Literature Lew Poo Chan (Dan Ying) 1997 Theatre Lou Mee Wah Literature Ho Minfong 1998 Literature Rama Kannabiran 1999 Literature Abdul Ghani bin Abdul Hamid Art Chua Ek Kay 2000 Art Tan Siah Kwee 2001 Art Tan Kian Por Music Yan Hui Chang 2002 Music Jeremy Monteiro 2003 Art Lim Tze Peng Theatre Ong Keng Sen Literature Yeng Pway Ngon 2004 Photography Teo Bee Yen 2005 Film Jack Neo Literature M. Balakrishnan (Pen Name: MA. Ilangkannan) Music Dick Lee Visual Arts Chng Seok Tin
Lee Wen2006 Art Tan Choh Tee Music Lynnette Seah 2007 Film Eric Khoo Literature Isa Kamari 2008 Literature Chia Hwee Pheng
P. KrishnanMusic Iskandar Mirza Ismail 2009 Dance Angela Liong Literary Arts Tham Yew Chin Music Lan Shui Visual Arts Ang Ah Tee 2010[2] Music Dr Liang Wern Fook Literary Arts Suratman Markasan Visual Arts Amanda Heng See also
References
- ^ Clara Chow, "SSO co-leader, versatile artist get highest award for the arts", The Straits Times, 21 October 2006
- ^ "2010 ARTS AWARDS PRESENTATION CEREMONY". 2010-10-12. http://www.nac.gov.sg/new/new02a.asp?id=443&y=2010. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- Purushothaman, Venka (ed.) (2002) Narratives : Notes On A Cultural Journey : Cultural Medallion Recipients 1979 - 2001. Singapore : National Arts Council.
External links
- National Arts Council list of current Nominations and Recipients
- National Online Repository of the Arts Resource Guide on Abdul Ghani Hamid
- National Online Repository of the Arts Resource Guide on Teo Eng Seng
- National Online Repository of the Arts Resource Guide on Ng Eng Teng
- National Online Repository of the Arts Resource Guide on Muhammad Ariff Bin Ahmad
- National Online Repository of the Arts Resource Guide on Iskandar Jalil
- National Online Repository of the Arts Resource Guide on Chew Kok Chang （周国灿）
Categories:- Arts in Singapore
- Civil awards and decorations of Singapore
- Arts awards
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