The Battersea Power Station project in London will miss Liew much more than SP Setia, and at stake is the reputation of Malaysia's top builder in London.

The knee-jerk reaction has been to look at how SP Setia will cope without Liew.

With the excitement over his resignation, most people have forgotten that the Battersea project is Liew's brainchild. He has been spearheading the project, located by the River Thames, from Day One.

To recap, a Malaysian consortium comprising SP Setia, Sime Darby Property Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund won the bid to redevelop the Battersea power station, which had sat idle for 30 years.

The project, currently the biggest development in the United Kingdom and perhaps also in Europe, has shown that Malaysians can be world champs.

It is expected to generate more than RM40 billion in gross development value over 12 to 15 years.

Phase 1 of the project, launched in January 2013, has since seen a 99 per cent take-up rate for the 866 residential units named Circus West.

Besides the Battersea project, Liew brought SP Setia to Melbourne, where it is developing Parque, which comprises 323 apartments worth RM800 million.

Obviously, the man has international contacts to help in the design of properties, acquire choice land and pinpoint growth areas abroad.

These are the tools that Liew will bring on board to Eco World Development Group Bhd (formerly Focal Aims Holdings Bhd), which has a few billion ringgit worth of projects in hand.

And these are the very same things SP Setia will miss when Liew clocks off.

The Johor-based Eco World is linked to Liew through his son, Tian Xiong, who is a director of the company.

The most defining thing about Liew is the loyalty he commands from the people who work with him. The true quality of a leader is not in the leadership but in how he is perceived by the people who work with him.

At SP Setia, the question is not who will replace Liew but who will bring in 250 "foot soldiers" to replace the 250 who will quit SP Setia to mostly join Eco World.

Those 250 are the nuts and bolts of the once formidable SP Setia juggernaut.

Tan Sri Liew, The MAN

He already planned his exit long time ago when PNB took over SPS in an unfriendly takeover.

to THE MAN!!

candle light to those who invested in SPS

Imagine all the well trained, well verse, highly qualified 250 employees replaced with newbie and fresh graduate to handle all current and new project. The impact is massive. Yeah candle light for those newly invested in SPS. No way out

good time to join SPS.
plenty of $$$ in the coffers and can goyang kaki.
if projects fail, can blame past management?
kekeke.
where to apply please?

http://www.spsetia.com.my/corporate/join-our-team.asp got free lunch box, thanks me later

why 250 only?

should say 300 ma...like 300 Spartans ma

what will happen to the project in Semenyir by SPS - Eco Hill

Damn i bought 2 units of Semi-D there

wahhhh... sudah ada thread liao.. seems like my insider news arrived quite late.. haha

work for lunch box lo ..

project will finish, no worry.

but the macro development of the township may change ... it could be a new direction with lots of Masjid, pasar tani,
there is just a lot of thing that they can possibly screw up in a township that they WILL screw up.

btw ... MahSeng darn happy.

semenyih project has the highest risks cause is huge n just started ma. Good luck. London I think should be fine Kua

I know it will be completed

but what i mean is ...... how r they gonna screw up the entire township.........

damn, i queue overnight just to get 2 units of the semi d

Robert Kwok also have moved out.. now they think they can do to same to LKS

i remember the story of pronton buy lotus...

allot lotus engineer cabut

at the end it is a empty can

Sorry, I have to be the guy..... *loyal

habis laaa our epf money fuuuu