HDB terminates job by troubled Punj Lloyd unit

Singapore

THE financial woes of Singapore construction company Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Pte Ltd (SEC) have come to a head, with a termination of contract by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) for a public housing project McNair Towers in Kallang/Whampoa precinct.

Its other contract with the Singapore Prison Service seems to be in jeopardy too, as sources confirmed with BT that the construction of a new prison headquarters at Changi Prison Complex has been delayed.

These project…