Steelmaker Nam Leong's chairman, Mr David Poh, tells StraitsTimes.com Editor Joanne Lee that the saddest day in his company's life was not during a recession at all.

Started more than 50 years ago as a family-run micro-financing firm, then a sanitary equipment maker, Nam Leong now makes steel parts and piping and is run by two brothers - David and Mark. They might be well-positioned to ride the storm at this moment with contracts with both Integrated Resorts, but how will they tackle what comes after?