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Dato' Billy Ng Seow Meng (Chinese: 黄绍铭, born 1939 in Johor Bahru, Johor) is a former Malaysian badminton player. ==Career== Ng was the son of Ng Ngoh Tee, who was of Teochew Chinese origin and represented Johor in Badminton championships during the 1920s and 1930s and his wife Mak Cheng Hai, who was a distant relative of another state badminton champion Wong Peng Soon.〔Peggy Loh (A good father and grandfather ), 27 June 2013, New Straits Times〕 Billy made his first foray into badminton in August 1959 when he was crowned Malaysian Schoolboy Singles Champion.〔''The Free Press'', Wednesday, 12 August 1959〕 Then Billy was a student at the renowned Foon Yew High School, Johor Bahru. Later that month, Billy led the Malayan Combined Schools against the Indonesian Youth Team where Billy defeated Lin Dan's current coach Tang Xien Hu in straight sets 15-12 15-12. Billy represented Malaysia & finished runner-up in the inaugural Asian Badminton Championship (ABC) in 1960. In 1964, Billy became the winner of the 1964 Malaysia Open.〔Rajes Paul, (Dreaming of Malaysian women’s rebirth in world badminton ) 12 January 2007, The Star (Malaysia)〕 He was also a member of the victorious 1967 Thomas Cup team, and of the Malaysian men's team that won the silver in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok. Billy also won the Malaysian Open men's singles title in 1965. The Malayan 1967 Thomas Cup team played in an extremely hostile home crowd at the Istora Senayan Stadium, Jakarta. In 2007, he was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia's Hall of Fame. Three years later in July 2010, Billy Ng was conferred Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) which carries the title Dato'. 〔Tan Karr Wei, (thestar.com.my Former badminton greats get Datukships ) 4 August 2010, The Star (Malaysia)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Ng」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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