This title given by Agong is worth the wait, says Cheng Hoe


KUALA LUMPUR: Thomas Cup winner Datuk Yew Cheng Hoe vividly remembered receiving a Rolex watch from the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj following his team’s remarkable win.

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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