Congratulations Rocky!

(Zulkefli Salleh (left) and Rocky (right) receiving their awards from Acting Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday. Pix courtesy of Bernama's photo unit.)

Congratulations to blogger Rocky, whose real name is Ahirudin Attan on being conferred the Panglima Mahkota Wilayah (PMW) award, which carries the title 'Datuk’ on Monday at Istana Negara in conjunction with the Federal Territory Day 2010.

Rocky, who is currently editor-in-chief of The Malay Mail, holds the presidency for the National Press Club and is protem president of the National Alliance of Bloggers (All-Blogs).

He joins the ranks of other media bloggers such as Datuk Ahmad Talib (Pahit Manis), Datuk A.Kadir Jasin (The Scribe), the Star newspaper Group Editor-in- chief Datuk Wong Chun Wai (New Malaysia) and Datuk Ibrahim Yahaya (Dunia Tiger).

Ibrahim, who is Director-General of Broadcasting, added another feather to his cap when he also received the PMW award, together with Harian Metro group editor Mustapa Omar. They were among 27 recipients of the award.

Acting Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah presented the Federal Territory awards and medals at an investiture ceremony at Istana Negara.

My heartiest congratulation also goes to Zulkefli Salleh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Bernama General News Service and Mohd Ashraf Abdullah, Group Editor of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3) on receiving the Johan Mahkota Wilayah (JMW). Ashraf also blogs in his ‘Jejak Pujangga’.