The Darjah Utama Temasek is Singapore's second most important national honour and was instituted in 1962. Its Grand Master is the President of Singapore.
History
The Order was first instituted in 1962. It was then the most important national honour. The Order would have only twelve members, with Yang di-Pertuan Negara conferring the membership on advice from the Prime Minister. A chancellor would be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara from among the members of the order, who would hold the seal of the order. Any warrants issued by order would be countersigned by both chancellor and the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. The Order became the second most important national honour in 1970, when The Temasek Star was created and ranked over all other orders and medals. The rules governing the order was since revised several times. Gazette notices establishing the Rules that instituted the Order were published in 1975, 1996 and 2019. The 1996 Rules would revoked the 1975 Rules. With the 1996 Rules, there would be 3 grades of the Order, First Class, Second Class and Third Class. Only Singapore citizens could be admitted to the Order, with non-Singapore citizens being admitted in an honorary capacity. The First Class grade would have a limited capacity of twelve members, whilst the other grades have no such restriction. The Seal of the Order would bear the design of the Badge. Members would be distinguished by the positions of the Badge and Star of the Order on their attire. Members of First Class grade would have their Badge worn the right hip from a sash passing over the left shoulder and under the right arm, and their Star worn on the left side of their outer garment. Members of Second Class grade would have their Badge worn suspended round the neck from a ribbon, and their Star is to be worn on the left side of their outer garment. Members of Third Class grade would only have the Badge of the Order, and it is to be worn suspended round the neck from a ribbon. Recipients of the Order are entitled to place the post-nominals DUT after their names, with being the grade of the Order awarded. Ordinarily, only Singapore citizens could be admitted to the Order, but in special circumstances non-Singapore citizens may also be admitted in an honorary capacity. In 2019, the 1996 Rules was amended to update the nomenclature of the grades of the Order. The grades would be now known as:
Order of Temasek
Order of Temasek
Order of Temasek
The updated nomenclature would also be retrospectively applied on members conferred under the previous nomenclature.
Description
Badge
* The Badge of the Order of the Temasek consists, on the obverse side, of a silver-gilt and enamelled five pointed star with a laurel wreath around it. The star is silver-gilt with the centre of each point in white enamel and the balls at the points in silver-gilt. The surrounding laurel wreath is in green enamel. In the centre of the Badge is a medallion bearing the State Arms in full colour on a white shield encircled by a red enamelled border inscribed with the words "DARJAH UTAMA TEMASEK" in gold letters.
* The reverse side of the Badge bears a crescent and 5 stars.
Star
* The Star of the Order of Temasek consists, on the obverse side, of a silver starcomposed of chipped silver rays of 5 points, in the centre whereof is a medallion bearing the State Arms in full colour on a white shield encircled by a red enamelled border inscribed with the words "DARJAH UTAMA TEMASEK" in gold letters. A gold bar runs from the centre of each point of the Star to the medallion.
*The reverse side of the Star is plain.
The sash and the ribbon of the Order of Temasek are red, with a white centre band and a narrower white stripe to each side.
