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.

Contents 1 List of Cultural Medallion recipients 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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 Wen
2006	Art	Tan Choh Tee
	Music	Lynnette Seah
2007	Film	Eric Khoo
	Literature	Isa Kamari

[edit] See also

• Culture of Singapore

[edit] References

1. ^ Clara Chow, "SSO co-leader, versatile artist get highest award for the arts", The Straits Times, 21 October 2006

• Purushothaman, Venka (ed.) (2002) Narratives : Notes On A Cultural Journey : Cultural Medallion Recipients 1979 - 2001. Singapore : National Arts Council.

[edit] External links

• National Arts Council list of current Nominations and Receipients