Stop Press August 2007 the following has arrived from the FCO, you couldn't make it up
Honours Secretariat
Protocol Directorate
Old Admiralty Building
London SW1A 2PA
Tel: 0207 008 1027
Dear Mr Secretary
UPDATE ON THE WEARING OF THE PJM
In response to a request from the HD Committee, I am pleased to inform you that The Queen has given her
permission for the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal to be worn by veterans during the main independence celebrations in Malaysia.
The relevant period covered by this permission is 15 August 2007 to 9 September 2007.
I am copying this letter to other interested parties, and would be grateful if you would disseminate this
information further, in particular to those veterans who are travelling to Malaysia later this month.
Yours sincerely,
Tanya Collingridge
Tanya Collingridge
Honours Secretary
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An announcement has been made that the Malaysian High Commission will no longer be accepting
applications for the Pingat Jasa Malaysia after May 1st 2008
Dated 8th March 2008
An announcement by The UK Government regarding the wearing of The Pingat Jasa Malaysia should be made
by the end of November 2006
The end of November has now passed, no news, we have been told a decision will be made soon!
It is now 20th January 2007 and still no news, we keep badgering these Civil Servants they appear to
be more obstinate than ever!
.........and here we are 24th February 2007 and still no further forward, the obstinancy continues...............
March 12th 2007 The Secretariat to The Cabinet Office announced on March 12th 2007 that their original decision
on barring UK Veterans from wearing the PJM is upheld, in other words they have turned down our Rebuttal and apparently totally
ignored the Petition by us to Her Majesty The Queen.
Ironically on March 13th 2007 when we felt we had been dealt a body blow one of our researchers came across
The London Gazette article of 3rd May 1968 reads thus :
FOREIGN OFFICE
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS CONFERRED
BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF WHICH THE QUEEN IS NOT
HEAD OF STATE, AND BY FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve
that Orders, Decorations and Medals conferred with
Her Majesty's permission upon United Kingdom
citizens not being servants of the Crown by the
Heads or Governments of Commonwealth countries
as defined above, or of foreign States, may in all
cases be worn by the recipients without restriction.
There has never been (to our knowledge) an amendment to that order, we have now stated to Whitehall, London
that unless they can show us the evidence to the contrary then we are at ease with ourselves that The Queen has given us that
approval unrestricted
John Cooper 1st April 2007
