As earnings fall, UE's shareholders bemoan sale of shares and lack of progress since change of board

SINGAPORE (July 15): Towards end-June, a long-term United Engineers shareholder who has held his shares for more than 15 years, lamented the condition of UE BizHub City, the former UE Square, on Clemenceau Avenue.

“UE has great assets. But even prime assets need to be enhanced to keep up with the times. UE Square is really looking sad in the post-MRT landscape. It doesn’t have that shine and relevance anymore,” the shareholder says. Despite its moniker, United Engineers’ real value lies in its investment properties (see Table 1).