As Hewlett-Packard's Huang Ho-ming put it, the Asian financial crisis was like a boulder dropped into a lake. The financial world was right at the point of impact, while the manufacturing industries were spread around the edges. The affects of the crisis are coming to them like waves from the center.
展望未來，變數仍多，正如惠普公司黃河明形容的，金融風暴宛如一顆巨石投入湖中，位於中心的金融面立即震盪，而產業影響則是波浪，陸陸續續才會湧到。