SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) Digital Media Editor Felix Soh has been appointed regional director (Asia/Pacific region) of The Society of News Design (SND) from December.

In a statement released by SND on Wednesday, the society's president Ms Gayle Grin said: 'As he straddles both print and new media, Felix is in an ideal position to help raise standards of design on behalf of SND. Felix has the passion and the energy to do a great job for SND. I'm so very happy he's joining our efforts in Asia.'

Mr Soh is the digital media editor of the English and Malay Newspapers Division of SPH, overseeing new media products like the straitstimes.com, AsiaOne, STOMP and The Straits Times Razor TV. He is also the consulting editor of the bilingual free newspaper my paper.

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