KEPPEL Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) chief executive and managing director Chris Ong has been appointed as a new board member for the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). Mr Ong will join 12 other individuals on the board, including Mediacorp editor-in-chief Walter Fernandez, who was also newly appointed. The MPA said in a statement on Thursday that SembCorp Marine president and chief executive Wong Weng Sun will be stepping down after serving on the board for nine years. "The Ministry of Transport would like to thank Mr Wong for his invaluable contributions to the MPA," it said. The MPA board is chaired by Niam Chiang Meng.