<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): Genting Malaysia Bhd (GenM) has appointed Ho Heng Chuan as the group’s independent and non-executive director effective Friday (Feb 18).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Ho, 65, has more than 40 years of experience in corporate and investment banking, treasury, capital markets and finance.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He has held senior positions in AmMerchant Bank Bhd, AmMerchant Bank BHD, Macquarie Bank Ltd and Citi Malaysia from 1981 to 2020.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Prior to joining the banking sector, Ho was with KPMG from 1977 to 1980, said GenM in a stock exchange filing.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He is also a director of Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Shares of GenM&nbsp; slipped four sen or 1.36% to close at RM2.90, giving the group a market value of RM17.22 billion.</p></div>


Genting Malaysia Bhd (GenM) has appointed Ho Heng Chuan as the group’s independent and non-executive director effective Friday (Feb 18).

Ho, 65, has more than 40 years of experience in corporate and investment banking, treasury, capital markets and finance.

Genting Malaysia appoints Ho Heng Chuan as director

China will extend visa-free entry to citizens from nine additional countries, including South Korea, Norway and Finland, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

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False claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania have raised concerns that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may once again seek to overturn the vote there or in other battleground states likely to determine the winner next Tuesday.

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Wall Street's main indexes jumped on Friday, recovering some losses from the previous session, as Amazon's strong earnings countered Apple's weaker China sales and investors assessed a significant drop in US jobs growth in October.

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