Bintang Temasek
| Bintang Temasek | |
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Medal and ribbon
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| Awarded by Singapore | |
| Type | Gallantry honour |
| Eligibility |
Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force |
| Awarded for | acts of exceptional courage and skill or for exhibiting conspicuous devotion to duty in circumstances of extreme danger |
| Status | Currently issued (never awarded) |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1970 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (lower) | Darjah Utama Temasek |
.png){kind=small} Award ribbon from 1970-1996 |
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Bintang Temasek (The Star of Temasek) is Singapore's most prestigious national honour and was instituted in 1970.
The badge of the Bintang Temasek may be awarded to any member of the Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force who has performed acts of exceptional courage and skill or exhibited conspicuous devotion to duty in circumstances of extreme danger. The badge may be awarded posthumously. Recipients of the honour are entitled to use the post-nominal letters BT. The badge is to be worn on the left side of the outer garment suspended from a ribbon. No one has ever received the award since its establishment in 1970.
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