KUALA LUMPUR: Thomas Cup winner Datuk Yew Cheng Hoe vividly remembers receiving a Rolex watch from the late Tunku Abdul Rahman following the Malaysian team's remarkable win in 1967.
Fifty-six years later, Cheng Hoe and his teammates, who won the 1967 Thomas Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia, were honoured yet again.
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