• MOUTON-CADET YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD ( 1990 )

• LIMELIGHT ELSA SCHIAPARELLI CREATIVE DESIGN AWARD ( 1992 )

• AWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT , CITY OF NEW YORK , IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS ( 1993 )

• MONSIEUR STYLE AWARDS-BEST WOMENS WEAR DESIGNER ( 1997 )

• AWARDED KNIGHTHOOD BY THE SULTAN OF KELANTAN AT THE INVESTITURE CEREMONY AT THE ROYAL PALACE IN MALAYSIA ( 1997 )

• AWARD FROM INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF NEW YORK , IN RECOGNITION OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES ( 20

• FASHION GROUP STAR GAZER AWARD FOR DESIGNER APPAREL ( 2003 )

• IN APPRECIATION OF HIS CREATIVE TALENT & SUPPORT TOWARDS HEMANGIOMA TREATMENT FOUNDATION ( 2005 )

• LIVESTRONG CHALLENGE , AUSTIN CHAMPION AWARD TEAM TOI ( 2007 and 2008 )

• LIVESTRONG CHALLENGE , AUSTIN CHAMPION AWARD , ZANG TOI ( 2007 and 2008 )

• THE RIDE FOR THE ROSES , INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AWARD , ZANG TOI ( 2007 and 200

• EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS , VISION AND REALITY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE I

• VISIONARY OF HOPE AWARD , IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT , EXEMPLARY SERVICE & COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST C

• DYNAMIC ACHIEVER AWARD , IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ( 2010 )

• TRANSFIGURATION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION , IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN FASHION AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS ( 2011 )

• ASIA PACIFIC BRANDS FOUNDATION ’ S BEST BRANDS COUNTRY BRANDING AWARDS , IN RECOGNITION AS MALAYSIA ’ S FOREMOST FASHION DESIGNER ( 2011 )

• CONFERRED THE TITLE ‘ DATUK ’ BY YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG ABDUL HALIM MU ’ ADZ

• NAMED ICON OF MALAYSIA BY PRIME MINISTER NAJIB RAZAK ( 2016 )