{
  "id": 334763,
  "title": "Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Eddie Teo to receive Singapore’s highest civilian honour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/chief-justice-sundaresh-menon-eddie-teo-to-receive-singapores-highest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T00:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/world/125982/chief-justice-sundaresh-menon-eddie-teo-to-receive-singapores-highest-civilian-honour"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and former Council of Presidential Advisers chairman Eddie Teo will be honored with Singapore's highest civilian award, the Order of Temasek (With Distinction), during the 2026 National Day Awards. Both men have demonstrated decades of service to the nation. Menon, 62, has been the Chief Justice since November 2012 and is set to retire in February 2027. Teo, 79, retired in 2018 after almost five decades of public service.",
  "summary": "CHIEF Justice Sundaresh Menon and former Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) chairman Eddie Teo will receive Singapore’s highest civilian honour in recognition of their decades of service to the nation. Menon, 62, and Teo, 79, will be conferred th...",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, former CPA chairman Eddie Teo receive Singapore's highest civilian honour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/chief-justice-sundaresh-menon-former-cpa-chairman-eddie-teo-receive",
        "published": "2026-08-08T22:01:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}