New Year Honours 2008
Betty YAO MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“Programme Director, Asia House. For services to Asian Arts and Culture.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Programme Director, Asia House. For services to Asian Arts and Culture.
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“Programme Director, Asia House. For services to Asian Arts and Culture.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 599 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 63% of the list.
In their area
1,592 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2008
Abila Pointing
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“For services to Community Relations in Liverpool and Manchester.”
Adrian Charles Bowrey
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Bristol
“External and Government Affairs Executive, West of England Aerospace Forum. For services to the Aerospace Industry.”
Adrian Woods
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Pit Stop 2000 Ltd, Halifax. For services to Disadvantaged Young People.”
Alan David Savory
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hertfordshire
“For services to the Independent Park Home Advisory Service.”
Alan Hodgkinson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Warwickshire
“For services to Football.”
Alan John Dixon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hampshire
“Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.”
Alan Lancaster
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Yorkshire
“For services to Shaw Cross Club for Young People, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.”
Alan Lindsley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Tyne and Wear
“For services to the Sunderland Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.”
Alan Robert Potter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Wiltshire
“Lately Chief Executive, Institute of Biomedical Science. For services to Science.”
Alan Surtees
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hampshire
“For services to Young People through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.”
Alastair Thompson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
East Sussex
“Director, Logistical Services, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.”
Alexander Bulloch
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Midlands
“For services to the Birmingham War Research Society.”
Alexander McKenzie Condie
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Fife
“For services to Social Housing in Fife.”
Alexander Naylor
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Lanarkshire
“For services to Athletics.”
Alison Roberts
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Designer and Photographer. For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Alun Davies
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Bristol
“Chair, National Forum for Organisations of Disabled People. For services to Disabled People.”
Amajit Talwar
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Midlands
“Chief Executive, Punch Records. For services to the Music Industry and to the community in the West Midlands.”
Aminul Hoque
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to Youth Justice in East London.”
Andrea Margaret Shaw
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
South Yorkshire
“Assistant Control Manager, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Flood Rescue.”
Andrew Philip Garnett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.”
Andrew Robert Wilson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
South Yorkshire
“First Call Operative, National Grid. For services to Flood Rescue.”
Andy Raphael Thomas Hamilton
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Midlands
“Jazz Musician and Teacher. For services to Music in Birmingham.”
Anita Margaret George
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Cornwall
“For services to the community in Penzance, Cornwall.”
Anita Susan Marsland
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“Executive Director of Health and Social Care, Knowsley Council and Chief Executive, Knowsley Primary Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care.”
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Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
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Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
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Nairn, Nairn
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Angela Jane Manson
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2007.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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