While visiting Bangkok in January, I saw the severity of the blow Thailand had suffered. Then seeing the Indonesian Rupiah devalue to 17,500 to the US dollar, I knew that this crisis was not going to go away quickly. I had to update the second volume to reflect these new developments, especially the chapters on ASEAN and its outlook, to give a more balanced view of the situation.
當我在今年一月訪問曼谷，見到泰國受打擊的嚴重程度後，又見到印尼盾貶值劇跌到一萬七千五百盾兌一美元，覺得這次危機不會在短期內消失，我必需將最新的發展寫入下冊中，尤其是關於東南亞國協和他的前途的部份，以對局勢發表更平衡的看法。