sentences:  Other common professions include cleaners, waiters/waitresses, hairdressers, and bank officers.A minority of Thais in Hong Kong, such as Robin Chan, Bernard Chan, Stephen Tan and members of the Kanjanapas family and Chearavanont family are businesspeople or investors; a large proportion of Thailand's outward investment in newly industrialised economies goes to Hong Kong.Direct investment by Thais in Hong Kong peaked in 1996 and then fell due to the 1997 East Asian financial crisis.