Simon Cheong is from the Hong Fok family... belongs to the blood fo KP and WP Cheong. Development is in their blood... he is not a NKOTB lah...
in any case, which real estate developer is not owing the bank a lot of money? in the last year or 2 of frenzy, everyone is grabbing land and enbloc... everyone owes the bank a lot of money.
IF you look at SC global's project, the good thing is most of the land parcels are bought rather early in the game. projects like the marq, he only need to sell approximately 35% to 40% of the NSA to break even, which is the case in the marq. the rest of his project, trust me, he already broke even.
Now to SC Global, it is a matter of getting more money out of the exisitng "inventory". not an easy time for him (or any developer), but trust me, he is not out of the game yet. at least he hasn't gone the road of Capitaland, where they had to make massive write down for Char yong Garden and Farrer park....
but RE companies, won't have a good year, or 2 going forward.