A diplomat, nationalist and public servant who, even under the most adverse circumstances in the context of Laos, has led government institutions he has served as bastions of public trust that can bring progress to his people and foster back their faith in government as a means to serve them

China's gifted planner of postwar industrial development, who transformed Taiwan into one of the fastest growing economies in the world

Taiwan's committed public health doctor, who created highly effective programs of health service, sanitation and family planning that enabled Taiwan to become progressive.

Indonesia’s energetic and determined leader, who transformed the overcrowded and chaotic city of Djakarta into a well-designed and managed, modern metropolis with a citizenry happy with their increased well-being and proud of their urban home.

Singapore's astute planner, who led his people to achieve the dream of highly progressive city-state, a model for the Southeast Asian region

A scientist and first Malaysian to head the Chemistry Division in 1964 and later became the Director of the Institute, in 1966. Led The Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) showing that farmers in developing lands, guided by effective application of systematized knowledge and organization, can compete with great, multinational corporations and safeguard their means of livelihood

One of Japan's most dedicated civil servants, who returned to his land of birth, one of the poorest of prefectures, to develop its potentials in agriculture and tourism thus realizing the socio-economic transformation of the prefecture

A respected judicial figure who was a deputy Public Prosecutor, a State legal adviser, a senior Federal Counsel and became the Solicitor-General in 1959

An English-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995