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Sunday Standard / Article22 July 1956 - Lifters Night Out For World Class Ranking EDIN PETERS By THIS EVENING we will know how good are our weightlifters. If two of them— Tan Howe Liang (lightweight) and Wong Kay Poh (mddle weight) are in form, they should turn in performances which must surely delight the hearts of allEDIN PETERS - 382 words -
Sunday Standard / Article, Illustration30 December 1956 - dressing room, when the wciKhtlifting eonte>t was over, after many gruelling hours, it was impossible not to feel genuinely sorry for plucky Howe Liang as he sat slumped on a bench, a paper cup of orange juice m one hand, staring m awful silence at the403 words -
Singapore Standard / Article, Illustration21 September 1956 - Jeffery james Its Naturalisation or Out! SOSC Chief Appeals To The Governor By THE i c ire extracts taken 4 rom rule 39: Necessary Owd j for epreseni ng a Country In the general ss zrd u e International CXympie Committee for I c XVIJeffery james - 390 words -
Singapore Standard / Article19 January 1953 - SINGAPORE'S Asian Games silver medallist, Cheang Kok Cheong began a day of surprises at the Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Association team championships at Margoliouth Road yesterday when he exceeded both his Asian Games and Singapore lifts. Cheang improved on his j New Delhi384 words -
The Straits Times / Article10 December 1956 - Leader Tan and 45 Singapore athlf— (back from Melbourne) «ay: RAJAH AND THE REST DUE TO FLY IN TODAY SINGAPORE'S Olympic Games competitors faced two big handicaps at Melbourne: lack of experience and the cold. This was the general view of officials and athletes in435 words -
The Straits Times / Article2 April 1954 - CINGAPORES weightllftm lur the Asian Onmes are optlmts'lc about winning the team championship now that Iran are Mot participating. Iran won all seven titles at the first Asian Games in Nev Delhi In 1951 MngmpaM MN placed second In two events the lightweight iHo Fook429 words -
The Straits Budget / Article13 December 1956 - THE WEEK IN SPORT J J SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. SINGAPORE’S Olympic Gaines competitors w faced two big handicaps at Melbourne: lack of experience and the cold. Tnls was the general view of officials and athletes In the first batch of 46 members of437 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration30 August 1953 - SINGAPORE weight lifting enthusiasts who have been taking it easy for the past six months start training next week, and I know seven who not only want to make their presence felt In a bin way at the Singapore Senior Weightlifting Championships to be held444 words -
Singapore Standard / Article7 April 1952 - CHAY WENG YEW, competing m the Singapore Olympic weightlifting trials last night, broke the record set m the featherweight class at the world championships last year. In his three lifts he lifted a total of 685 lbs. beating the World record set up by444 words -
Singapore Standard / Article18 July 1956 - KlHit r .U»on is i:> „n i tt'Jim of I :nd four j b> tour m Ihe m m htlifting v IS and i ri r« ters. team conhand- trophy P for 1 weigh t- 2 I ire [i »n< he i) 00 'he i SAWLF. will hold a442 words -
Singapore Standard / Article16 December 1953 - VVomen Provide Lift Tit Bit I >l \I)KY poods salesman, twenty-two-year-old fee Yap, became Mr. Singapore on Monday E ht Like some Greek sod from out of the past T„, beat a field of nine tor the title to win the annular vote of those456 words -
New Nation / Article7 October 1978 - In other words »>> Tan Bah Bah Perhaps, the controversy over a Judge's allegedly biased remarks against two Institutions of higher learning in a recent RTS debate need not have arisen If the actual motion was carefully chosen to suit their technical background.Tan Bah Bah - 462 words -
Singapore Standard / Article26 November 1956 - Colony's Lifters Among World's Best Ten MELBOURNE, Sunday For the benefit of all and sundry, but especially for Singapore's weightlifting followers, it might be pointed out that the Colony's three lifters have done remarkably well m the Olympics. They are featherweight Tan Scr Cher, lightweight Tan Howe Liang, and middleweight1,076 words -
Singapore Standard / Article3 January 1957 - PAN-ASIA WEIGHT LI FT ING MEET PLANNED FEDERATION TO PLAY HOST TO TOP LIFTERS IN AUGUST THE BIGGEST ever weightlifting competition m Asia for the Aw Cheng Chye trophy is being planned by the Federation Amateur Weightlifting Assotiation at Kuala Lumpur during August or September. Included m the programme for481 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration17 November 1956 - JOHN MARKS By FEDERATION of Malaya's hockey team will stop in Adelaide for two matches before coming home from the Olympic Games at Melbourne. One of these fixtures will be against South Australia. Mr. H. M. de Sousa, Chef de Mission of theJOHN MARKS - 525 words -
The Straits Times / Article7 November 1956 - NORMAN SIEBEL By /\VER the weekend, a load was taken off the brawny chests of two of Singapore's three Olympic Games weightlifters, Tan Howe Liang and Wong Kay Poh, who were told that their naturalisation papers were in order. ThusNORMAN SIEBEL - 521 words -
The Straits Times / Article31 December 1956 - sprinters without peer OUR disappointment at the Games was not that we failed to gain the lesser honours but that so few reached his best home form. Both In Singapore and the Federation tremendous strides were made and at the Golden Jubilee meeting of the A.A.A.M.. held513 words -
The Straits Times / Article26 April 1954 - SINOAPORES weifc-htltfters to I the Asian Games showed sur- I pilsiiiK Improvement al tl »ir final 1 1 i.i 1 over the weekend and all c! i hem .should bring buck medal. Two of them Chay Weng Yew i ifeaiheri and Wong Kay Poh i513 words -
Singapore Standard / Article2 December 1954 - THE Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation's annual championships to be held at the Happy World Stadium on December 5 and 6 has attracted only 15 Three notable absentees from this programme are the Asian Games lifters, Chay Weng Yew (featherweight), Harold de543 words -
Singapore Standard / Article15 December 1953 - MR. S'PORE TITLE TO SALESMAN A SINGAPORE sundry goods salesman, twentytwo year-old Tan Tee Yap became Mr. Singapore last night. Like some Greek God from out of the past, Tan beat a field of nine for the title to win the popular vote of those who attended the cone?aiding night574 words
