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President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga conferred the following Honours at a ceremony held at the BMICH on Tuesday, 15.

Sri Lankabhimanya (2 awardees)

Authur C. Clarke, Lakshman Kadirgamar (Posthumous).

Desamanya (31 awardees)

Amarananda Somasiri Jayawardena, A. H. Sherifdeen, Ashley de Vos, Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana, Bradman Weerakoon, Chandrnanda de Silva, D. Basil Goonesekera, D. H. S. Jayawardena, J. B. Peiris, Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake, Joseph Everard Dennis Perera, Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna, L. D. Cyril Herath, Lalith de Mel, M. D. D. Peiris, M. T. A. Furkhan, Mahesh Amalean, Mano Selvanathan, Nihal Jinasena, P. Deva Rodrigo, P. H. Mendis, P. Ramanathan, Phillip Reyvatha Wijewardena, Premasiri Khemadasa, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Rohan de Saram, Roland Silva, Sohli E. Captain, Sunil Mendis, W. D. Lakshaman, William Alwis.

Desabandu (38 awardees)

A. E. T. Ellawala, A. L. M. Abusali, Arumadura Nandasena Silva Kulasinghe, Christopher Gunapala Uragoda, D. P. Wickremasinghe, Diyanah Samarasinghe, Harold Herat, Indradasa Hettiarachchi, Jinadasa Guruge, Joe Abeywickrama, K. P. Silva, Kapila Gunawardena, Keerthi Tennakoon, Lakshman de Mel, Lionel Fernando, Lynd de Alwis, Macky Hashim, N. Navaratnarajah, Olcott Gunasekera, Osmund Jayaratne, Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe, Ranjith Athapattu, Reginald George Bernard Fobes, S. D. R. Jayaratne, Siran U. Deraniyagala, Saddhamangala Karunaratne, Senaka Dias Bandaranayake, Stanley Kirinde, Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy, Suriya Wickremasinghe, Swarna Jayaweera, Tilak de Soysa, Tissa Abeysekera, Tony Ranasinghe, Tuley de Silva, Vajira Chithrasena, Vivendra Lintotawela, M. A. Careem.

Veera Chudamani (1 award)

Hettiarachchige Gamini Sirisoma Jayasekera.

Vidya Jyothi (18 awardees)

A. D. S. Gunawardena, Colvin Gunaratne, Damian Nobert Lakshman Alwis, Damitha Ramanayake, Dayantha Sepala Wijesekera, E. W. Marasinghe, Eric H. Karunanayake, Janaka de Silva, Lalitha Mendis, Mohan Jayatilake, S. Mahalingam, S. Mohandas, Wijaya Godakumbura.

Kala Keerthi (42 awardees)

A. J. Canagarathnam, A. Jesurasa, A. Sivananthan, Asoka Handagama, Bharahmasri Sarveswara Sarma, Carl Muller, Dharmasena Pathiraja, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Enid Anula Aluvihare de Silva, Gamini Kalyanadarsha Haththotuwegama, Geetha Kumarasinghe, Gnarathan, Henry Jayasena, Jackson Anthony, Jayalath Manoratne, Karthigesu Sivathamby, Kulanthai M. Shunmugalingam, Latha Walpola, M. Kanakasabai, Malini Fonseka, Monica Ruwanpathirana - Posthumous, Olga de Livera, T. B. Richard M. Don Gabriel, Pandithar Sachchithanantham, Prasanna Vithanage, Rohana Weerasinghe, S. Maunaguru, S. Pani Bharatha - Posthumous, Sanath Gunathilake, Sanath Nandasiri, Santhini Sevanesan, Shyam Selvadurai, Sybil Wettasinghe, Simon Nawagaththegama - Posthumous, Somalatha Subasinghe, Sri Jayana Rajapakse, Sumithra Peiris, Swarna Mallawarachchi, Tilak Abeysinghe, Tissa Ranasinghe, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Wasantha Obeysekera.

Sri Lanka Sikhamani (36 awardees)

Al-haj Mohamed Zainudeen Mohamed Badiudeen, Ameena Faiz Musthapa, B. E. S. J. Bastiampillai, Chris Canegaratne, Daya Rathnayake, Daya Weththasinghe, Edgar Gunetunga, Ferrin Careem, Gunadasa Kapuge (posthumous), Gunapala Nanayakkara, H. Z. Jaffer, Hiran Cooray, Hiranthi Wijemanne, Jayantha Balawardena, J. K. D. S. H. Jayawardena, J. M. S. Brito, Jayasiri Mendis, Kamala Peiris, L. G. G. M. L. Mohammadu Naim, M. Ramalingam, Mahinda Palihawadana, Mallika Hemachandra, Manik Rodrigo, Mendis Rohanadheera, Mahamood Rizwan Shahabdeen, Premila Senanayake, R. I. T. Alles, Rodney Vandergert, Suppiah Achari Thiagarajah, S. Arunachalam, S. D. Gunadasa, Sanath Ukwatte, Tony Weerasinghe, W. H. Piyadasa, Y. Karundadasa, Z. A. M. Rifai.

Vidya Nidhi (13 awardees)

Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage, C. A. N. Fernando, Charles Santiapillai, H. H. Subasinghe, M. A. K. L. Dissanayake, Nimal Gunathilake, Niriellage Chandrasiri, P. Amitha Jayasinghe, Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala, Shanthi Mendis, S. M. H. Sena Banda, V. Kumar, W. P. Siripala.

Kala Suri (31 awardees)

Anne Ranasinghe, Anoma Rajakaruna, Barbara Sansoni Lewcock, Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Channa Wijewardena, Chitra Ranawake, Dulip Gabada Mudalige, Edward Jayakody, H. A. Perera, Harsha Makalanda, Inoka Sathyanganie Keerthinanda, Jagath Weerasinghe, Janadasa Peiris, M. A. Nuhuman, Muhammed Mohideen Abdul Cader, Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja, Oosha Saravanamuttu, Parakrama Niriella, Pradeep Chandrasiri, Pushpakumara Kandegedara, R. Rushankan, Rajini Selvanayagam, Rohana Baddage, Rohanadeva Perera, Subramanium Vilvaratnam, Sarath Chandrajeewa, Somaratne Dissanayake, Stanley Omar, Sumathy Sivamohan, T. Shanathanan, Udaya Shantha Fernando.

Sri Lanka Thilaka (4 awardees)

Nayanatara Gitani Fonseka, Rohana Upendra Kuruppu, T. M. Priyantha Nimal de Silva, V. A. Thirugnanasuntharam.

Non-nationals

Sri Lanka Rathna (9 awardees)

Bernard de Gaulle, David C. Sanders, Hosel Norota, Sir Michael Morris, Machael Ondaatje, N. Ram, S. D. Muni, Tetsuya Hino, Thilo W. Hoffmann.

Sri Lanka Ranajana (11 awardees)

Baik Sung-hak, Evert Jongens, Geoffrey Dobbs, Monica De Decker-Deprez, Raja Tridiv Roy, Robert Woods, Romesh Gunasekera, Sung Woan-jong, Tadashi Noguchi, Wang Shihong, Wolfgang Stange.

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