The recent reporting of the saga revolving around the continuous resignation of more directors of City Development Limited ("CDL") since the acquisition of a 51% stake in a Chinese real estate developer, Sincere Property Group, lead to a very rare word being utilized in writing these days. The investment into the loss making Sincere Property Group in FY2020 has cost CDL a total of S$1.9 billion as at Oct 2020 which included S$895Mil for its 51% stake , S$303Mil for subscription of bonds and another S$133Mil in working capital loan. CDL will need to take into the account the loss given its 51% controlling stake to its consolidated accounts. In October last year, CDL shocked the market when it announced that a long standing director, Mr Kwek Leng Peck had resigned from the board mainly due to disagreements with regard to CDL's investment in Sincere Property Group. It was also reported that...