sentences:  From 1992 to 2000 he was the Executive Chairman of Great Eastern Life Assurance, and from 1992 to 2007 the President and CEO for The Straits Holding Company, an investment holding firm.He was also Chairman of the Rendezvous Hotel Singapore and Rendezvous Hotels & Resorts International.On 21 August 2007, Howe died in Singapore from a stroke after having been hospitalised for three weeks.