1934 Singapore Open
The 1934 Singapore Open, also known as the 1934 Singapore Badminton Championships, took place from 21 July – 18 November 1934 at the S.V.C Drill Hall in City Hall and the Clerical Union Hall in Balestier, Singapore. The ties were played over a few months with the first round ties being played on the 21st of July and the last (men's doubles final) was played on the 18th of November. There were no women's doubles competition being held due to the lack of entries. Final results References {{Singapore Open (badminton) Singapore Open (badminton) 1934 in badminton ...
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Balestier
Balestier () is a sub zone located in the planning area of Novena in the Central Region of Singapore. The main road, Balestier Road, links Thomson Road to Serangoon Road and the road continues on as Lavender Street. The area is home to rows of shophouses, such as the Sim Kwong Ho shophouses, the Balestier Art Deco shophouses, 412-418 Balestier Road, and 601-639 Balestier Road, low-rise apartments and commercial buildings as well as a shopping mall known as Shaw Plaza. However, Shaw Plaza has since closed down and is under construction. Balestier also has another mall, Zhongshan Mall. There are several lighting and electrical shops along Balestier Road, which is also home to the Ceylon Sports Club and the Indian Association. The area is known for its food such as bak kut teh and chicken rice. In the area, there are several apartments, condominiums, and budget hotels. Etymology and history The precinct was named after Joseph Balestier, the then colony's first American consul ...
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Alice Pennefather
Alice Edith Wilhelmina Pennefather (née Patterson; 1903 – 1983) was a Singaporean sportwoman who excelled in various sports such as badminton, field hockey, netball, and tennis. In 2016, she was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame, maintained by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations. Early life Alice Patterson was born in Singapore on 16 October 1903, and was of Japanese and Scottish descent. She was educated at the Raffles Girls' School and had no particular interest in sports until she met Lancelot Maurice Pennefather, an all-around sportsman in 1918. Under Lancelot's guidance, she initially took up badminton and later expanded her sporting resume to include field hockey, netball, and tennis. Sporting career In 1930, Pennefather joined the Girls' Sports Club founded by Eurasian women and quickly established herself as the club's standout player. She started competing in badminton tournaments and won her first Singapore Open women's singles title in 19 ...
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Chan Chim Bock
Chan may refer to: Places * Chan (commune), Cambodia *Chan Lake, by Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada People *Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田) *Chan Caldwell (1920–2000), Canadian football coach *Chan Gailey (born 1952), American football coach *Chan Kai-kit (born 1952), Macanese businessman *Chan Reec Madut, South Sudanese jurist * Chan Romero (born 1941), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musicians *Chan Santokhi (born 1959), President of Suriname and former chief of police * Bang Chan (born 1997), member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids * Heo Chan (born 1995), member of the South Korean boy band Victon * Ta Chan, nom de guerre of Cambodian war criminal Mam Nai Computing and media *chan-, an abbreviation for channels in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) *chan, a common suffix for the title of an imageboard CHAN * African Nations Championship or ''Championnat d'Afrique des N ...
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Seah Eng Hee
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1933 Singapore Open
The 1933 Singapore Open, also known as the 1933 Singapore Badminton Championships, took place from 15 July – 16 December 1933 at the S.V.C Drill Hall in City Hall and Villa Dolce in Tanjong Katong Katong, also known as Tanjong Katong, is a residential neighbourhood in the eastern portion of the Central Region of Singapore, within the Marine Parade planning area. It used to be located by the sea, before land reclamation towards the south ..., Singapore. The ties were played over a few months with the first round ties being played on 15 July and the last few ties (the women's doubles and the mixed doubles finals) were played on 16 December at Villa Dolce due to the S.V.C Drill Hall being unavailable. Final results References {{Singapore Open (badminton) Singapore Open (badminton) 1933 in badminton ...
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1935 Singapore Open
The 1935 Singapore Open, also known as the 1935 Singapore Badminton Championships, took place from 13 July – 15 September 1935 at the Clerical Union Hall in Balestier, Singapore. The ties were played over a few months with the first round ties being played on the 13th of July and the last (men's singles final) was played on the 15th of September. There were no women's singles and doubles competitions being held due to the lack of entries. Final results References {{Singapore Open (badminton) Singapore Open (badminton) 1935 in badminton ...
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Singapore Open (badminton)
The Singapore Open is a badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1929. Badminton World Federation categorized Singapore Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018. In 2023, the tournament will be upgraded to a Super 750 event. In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established to promote the sport and organise competitions. Its first official annual open championships was held in that same year with the best players chosen to represent Singapore in the regional tournaments. In 1957, it became an open invitation championships and was held annually until 1973. In 1987–1989, the tournament was known as the Konica Cup, an invitation championships exclusively for Asian players, and in 1990, for the first time entered the International Badminton Federation Grand Prix circuit. In 2007, Singapore Open was part of the BWF Super Series event.
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Ong Siew Eng
Ong or ONG may refer to: Arts and media * Ong's Hat, a collaborative work of fiction * “Ong Ong”, a song by Blur from the album The Magic Whip Places * Ong, Nebraska, US, city * Ong's Hat, New Jersey, US, ghost town * Ong River, Odisha, India * Mornington Island Airport, IATA airport code "ONG" Other uses * Ong (surname), Chinese surname * Ong language * ONE Gas (Oklahoma Natural Gas), a component of ONEOK, Inc. * Non-governmental organization, abbreviated ONG in French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese (NGO in English) * '' Ipomoea aquatica'' or Ong choi, a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable See also * Battle of Ong Thanh The Battle of Ong Thanh was fought at the stream of that name (Ông Thành) on the morning of 17 October 1967, in Chơn Thành District, at the time part of Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam, today in Bình Phước Province. During the ...

Michael Tan (badminton)
Michael Lim Tan (born 1952) is a Filipino medical anthropologist, veterinarian, and writer who is currently a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Tan served as the chancellor of UP Diliman from 2014 to 2020. Prior to his appointment as UPD chancellor, Tan was already well known for his work among non-governmental organizations in the Philippines, and for his column ''Pinoy Kasi'', which appears twice a week in the '' Philippine Daily Inquirer''. On February 27, 2014, the University of the Philippines Board of Regents appointed Tan to serve as the chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman,nline Prezi Presentationhttp://prezi.com/4v6ybrdvm_ai/michael-tan/ Academic career Election to the National Academy of Science and Technology In 2012, Tan was elected member of the Philippines' National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), the country's highest advisory body in matters of sci ...
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