<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-style: italics;">This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on April 12, 2018</span></p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR: Asia Brands Bhd non-independent and non-executive chairman and substantial shareholder Ng Chin Huat has been redesignated as managing director (MD) of the retail company, whose stable of fashion brands includes Anakku and Audrey.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Ng, 48, was appointed to the board on March 1, 2011.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, Asia Brands said Datuk Seri Tan Thian Poh, 62, will take over the chairman role.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Tan is the founder and MD of Siang Poh group of companies, a vertically integrated textile group.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He is also the president of the Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association since 2013 and was chairman of the Asean Federation of Textile Industries from 2015 to 2017. He serves as the adviser of the SME and human resource development committee at the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia. He is also a member of the industrial relations panel at the Malaysian Employers Federation.</p></div>

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KUALA LUMPUR: Asia Brands Bhd non-independent and non-executive chairman and substantial shareholder Ng Chin Huat has been redesignated as managing director (MD) of the retail company, whose stable of fashion brands includes Anakku and Audrey.

Ng, 48, was appointed to the board on March...

Tan Thian Poh is Asia Brands chairman; Ng Chin Huat becomes MD

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After eight consecutive weeks of net selling, foreign investors shifted to become net buyers on Bursa Malaysia last week, with a total investment of RM292.2 million.

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<p>Shares of YNH Property Bhd surged to their highest in three weeks after the real estate developer said it has remedied the technical default of its sukuk programme that led to a downgrade by MARC Ratings recently.</p>


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<p>L’Occitane International SA’s billionaire owner Reinold Geiger is close to making an offer to take the skin-care company private, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could value the firm at about US$7 billion (RM33.4 billion) including debt.</p>


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