Singapore’s Hong is new FIATA president

   The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations has elected Stanley Lim Hwee Hong of Singapore as its new president at the organization’s general meeting in Cairo last week.
   Hong, who has been FIATA treasurer since 2007, will serve a two-year term. He was elected a FIATA vice president in 1995 and a senior vice president in 2001.
   In addition to Hong, FIATA board members include: immediate past president Jean-Claude Delen (Belgium), treasurer William Gottlieb (Canada), secretary general Heiner Rogge (Germany), and the three senior vice presidents Francesco Parisi (Italy), Suwit Ratanachinda (Thailand) and Babar Badat (Pakistan).