Grateful To Whom?

Specially to government monetary or award recipients 

Answer:  

 Rakyat!

Why?

The nation's wealth and resources are shared by all the rakyat.

The government of the day is elected by the rakyat to represent them to run the government.

The rakyat pay income tax and all the other taxes imposed by the government of the day.

The government of the day is responsible and to serve the rakyat.

The rakyat has the power to kick out the government of the day which failed to run the government according to the supreme rules of the nation - the Constitution, at most every 5 years.