Before the crisis, the peso was more or less on a par with the NT dollar, trading at 26 ∼ 27 to the US dollar. Since the crisis, its value has fallen to around 40 to the US dollar. That saves us about NT $ 1000 per person per month in labor costs, "says Peng Chin-pin.
金融風暴前，菲幣還比台幣值錢，大約是二十六元兌一美元；現在菲幣貶到四十元兌一美元左右，換算起來，每人每月的工資可以省下一千多元台幣」，彭錦彬表示。