Looking at the countries that have been less hard hit by the financial turmoil, the economies of Singapore and Hong Kong depend mainly on service industries such as financial services, shipping and transshipment, and their manufacturing sectors are of limited size. But because Singapore and Hong Kong are nearer the center of the storm they have been more severely affected than the ROC, and at present can only look to protecting their own interests.
環顧四周，以這波金融風暴受影響較輕微的國家來看，新加坡和香港以金融及航運轉運等服務業為重心，製造業的規模有限，尤其星、港座落在風暴中心，受影響的幅度更甚於我們，目前僅能自保。