Tan Yee Khan (born 1940) is a former Malaysian badminton player who represented his country in badminton events around the world during the 1960's. Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court Though capable of high level singles (he won Japan's "World Invitational" tourney in 1964)^[1], Yee Khan was primarily a doubles player who won numerous major international titles in partnership with Ng Boon Bee. Ng Boon Bee (born 1938 is a former Malaysian Badminton player who won numerous international doubles titles from the early 1960's to the early 1970's Powerfully built and substantially bigger than most Asian players of his day, he was reputed to be the hardest smasher in the game. He won the coveted All-England men's doubles title with Boon Bee consecutively in 1965 and 1966^[2]. The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious Badminton tournaments In 1967 he was a member of Malaysia's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) team. The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international Badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Plagued by back problems he retired from badminton competition in 1969 but soon became one of Malaysia's leading golfers^[3]. He was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1998^[4]. The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Badminton, all-time great coaches and referees and other major contributors to the game

He now runs an island resort on the west coast of Peninsula Malaysia, on the island of Pangkor called Sea View Hotel & Holiday Resort^[5]. Peninsular Malaysia ( Semenanjung Malaysia) also known as Malaya or West Malaysia, is the part of Malaysia which lies on Pulau Pangkor is an island off the coast of Perak in north-west peninsular Malaysia, reached by ferry from Lumut (a small coastal town that links to Ipoh

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