Kao Ying--chang, a machine-tool importer, still bears the scars of that crisis. He had just ordered NT $ 100 million worth of tools from a Taiwanese factory when it struck, causing the value of the rupiah to plummet. Because his customers paid him in -ru-piahs, he suffered enormous exchange losses on the deal.
經營機具貿易的高應昌，對 1997 年的金融風暴餘悸猶存，當時他剛向台灣廠商下訂 10 個貨櫃，總價新台幣一億元的商品機具，即因匯率貶值蒸發 10 倍價值。