Bintang Temasek

{{Short description|Singaporean national honour}}

{{Use Singapore English|date=August 2020}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox order

|name = Bintang Temasek
(Star of Temasek)

|image=Bintang Temasek Obverse.svg|image2 = 100px

|caption2 = Ribbon after 1996

|type = Decoration

|established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1970|07|24}}

|country = {{flag|Singapore}}

|eligibility = Members of the Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force or Singapore Civil Defence Force

|for = Acts of exceptional courage and skill or for exhibiting conspicuous devotion to duty in circumstances of extreme danger

|status = Active

|post-nominals = BT

| total = 0

|lower = Darjah Utama Temasek

|image3 = 100px

|caption3 = Ribbon prior to 1996

}}

The Bintang Temasek ({{langx|en|Star of Temasek}}), Singapore's most prestigious national honour, which was instituted on 24 July 1970.{{cite book |author=Peter H.L. Lim |title=Chronicle of Singapore, 1959–2009: Fifty Years of Headline News |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CbY062uN1MoC&q=Bintang+Temasek&pg=PA105 |location=Singapore |publisher=Editions Didier Millet |page=105 |date=2009 |isbn=978-981-4217-75-0 }} The decoration is only awarded to members of the Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force who have performed "acts of exceptional courage and skill or exhibited conspicuous devotion to duty in circumstances of extreme danger."{{Cite web|title=Bintang Temasek (the Star of Temasek) Rules 1996 – Singapore Statutes Online|url=https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/S325-1996|access-date=2020-08-13|website=sso.agc.gov.sg|language=en}} The badge may be awarded posthumously, although it has never been awarded since its inception.{{cite web|author=Alphonsus Chern|date=13 August 2015|title=Singapore badges of honour|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-badges-of-honour|access-date=25 November 2018|website=The Straits Times|publisher=|quote=}}

Recipients of the honour are entitled to use the post-nominal letters BT. The badge is to be worn on the left side of the outer garment suspended from a ribbon.{{Cite web|last=Singapore|first=Prime Minister's Office|date=2018-10-02|title=PMO {{!}} The Star of Temasek (Bintang Temasek)|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/National-Day-Awards/Information-On-Medals/The-Star-of-Temasek-Bintang-Temasek|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Prime Minister's Office Singapore|language=en}}