Thomas Cup winner Yew Cheng Hoe vividly remembers receiving a Rolex watch from the late Tunku Abdul Rahman following his team’s remarkable win in 1967.

Fifty-six years later, Cheng Hoe and his teammates, who won the cup in Jakarta, Indonesia, are being honoured yet again.

This time, it is by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah at...