http://www.roundtownnews.com/articles.asp?ID=4573&fecha_pub=03/02/2006


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John Cooper wrote:

http://www.roundtownnews.com/articles.asp?ID=4573&fecha_pub=03/02/2006

Well spotted, JohnC.

I have written to David Mills.

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Quote from Hansard October 19th 2005 UK Crown Copyright

Malaya and Borneo Campaign Medals
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations have been received from the Malaysian Government on awarding a medal to the British veterans involved in campaigns in Malaya and Borneo; and what his response was. [18761]

Mr. Straw: The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak initially raised the matter of the Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) medal with me in March. In

19 Oct 2005 : Column 1091W

reply, I was sympathetic, and agreed to pursue the matter with the appropriate authorities. I subsequently requested a review of the Government's rules on the accepting and wearing of non-British awards. The review, which is being co-ordinated by the Cabinet Office, the lead Department on Honours Policy matters, has not yet been completed. We are very conscious of how much the PJM medal means to veterans, and hope that the review will be completed soon.

Since March, the Malaysian Agong (King) has referred to his Government's wish to present the PJM medal in conversations with my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence (Lord Drayson), and with my hon. Friend the Minister for Trade and Foreign Affairs (Ian Pearson) in August. My hon. Friend explained to the Agong that the matter was under study.

The question of the PJM has also been raised by the Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces and senior officials in the Malaysian Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the British high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur in September and October. They were informed that the matter was currently under active consideration.


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John Cooper wrote:

Mr. Straw: The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak initially raised the matter of the Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) medal with me in March.

Thanks, John.

I sense another letter on its way from my quill ....

Barry


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BarryF wrote:

[I sense another letter on its way from my quill ....

The letter is at http://www.fight4thepjm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4754#4754.

It will be posted tomorrow and will go to my MP, the Cabinet Office, and teh Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


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........and this one (another for your scrapbook George)

http://www.euroweeklynews.com/ewn/news.php?ref=130301353956315

........and only very loosely connected about 1/2 way down the page

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-04-26/Writtens-5.html

.........and this one about 1/3rd down

http://www.spearman.fsbusiness.co.uk/OCAAnnualNewsletter.htm

........I wonder if these Foreign Medal Rules have been reviewed yet, top of page

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm051208/text/51208w34.htm

........and mmmmmmmmmm............

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm051124/text/51124w24.htm


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......and this one, second item down

http://www.imaginationscyprus.com/wip/medal1.jpg


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This page is from Britains Smallwars. 3/4ers the way down

http://members.tripod.com/Askari_MB/id12.htm

Here it states that the Malaysian govt offered the PJM to Britain and The Commonwealth in October/November 2004


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It appears that The Royal British Legion were appalled at a statement by the MoD on the issue of the PJM

http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=army+MoD+pingat+jasa+malaysia&ei=UTF-8&meta=vc%3D&fl=0&fr=ybr_bt&u=www.veteransagency.mod.uk/wpcomits/minutes/south_east/03_03_06.pdf&w=army+mod+pingat+jasa+malaysia&d=GTikZ2P9NELU&icp=1&.intl=uk


I believe that this has come from the Veterans Agency site which is part of The MoD so if this is the case it is OFFICIAL

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1989 (PDF)
... there are a number of. Territorial Army Doctors who were unaware of ... ( Min 77.4) Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal. The Committee questioned the statement that. the MOD did not hold ...www.veteransagency.mod.uk/wpcomits/minutes/south_east/03_03_06.pdf - 153k - View as html - More pages from this site - Save


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FUDGE from HMG, so says a newspaper article

http://www.roundtownnews.com/articles.asp?ID=4418&fecha_pub=13/01/2006


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A little old news but another I hadn't seen first time round

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-1959419,00.html


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http://www.tokenpublishing.com/issue.asp?iid=3

http://welsh-nutter.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!52D50527C122AD54!526.entry


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Although I had seen this article from UKIP before Ihad not seen it on this website

http://www.global-defence.com/2006/Utilities/news.php?


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Another I missed for all you guys in the East Kent area, Kentish Men or Men of Kent, depends upon the side of the Medway I guess

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Malayan-conflict-veterans-honoured-at-special-medal-ceremony-newsinkent3051.aspx


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