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General awards The Grand Bauhinia blakeana|Bauhinia Medal (大紫荊勳章) is the highest award in this system. The awardee is allowed to use the postnominal letters GBM. The Order of the Bauhinia Star has three classes (postnominal in parenthesis): the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS; 金紫荊星章), the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS, 銀紫荊星章), and the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS, 銅紫荊星章). The GBS is awarded to persons who have given very distinguished services to the community or who have rendered public or voluntary services of a very high degree of merit. The Medal of Honour (postnominal MH; 榮譽勳章) is the basic award in the system. Bravery awards The Order of the Medal for Bravery is awarded for display of bravery in an incident. The Medal for Bravery (Gold) (金英勇勳章; postnominal MBG) is the highest in this order. There is also Medal for Bravery (Silver) (銀英勇勳章; MBS) and Medal for Bravery (Bronze) (銅英勇勳章; MBB). Disciplined Services and ICAC Awards The Disciplined Services and ICAC Awards are awarded to officers of the 'disciplined formations' (similar to uniformed services elsewhere) and the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong|Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The awardees are not allowed postnominals. The order of precedence is listed as follows in postnominals: GBM, GBS, MBG, SBS, MBS, BBS, MBB, MH. The nomination is usually made by SAR Government departments, and evaluated by the Honours Committee. The annual Honours List is published in the Gazette of the SAR Government on the Public holidays in Hong Kong|Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July). expandsect See also Justice of the peace#Hong Kong|Justice of the peace
zh-cn:香港授勳及嘉獎制度 Category:Hong Kong|Honours system Category:Orders of precedence|Orders of precedence Category:Orders and decorations Category:Civil decorations Category:Titles category:Hong Kong institutions|Honours system category:Hong Kong honours system| category:Hong Kong society|Honours system category:Lists of Hong Kong-related topics|Honours system This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hong Kong honours system".
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