But in its efforts to survive the Asian financial crisis, the company began presales of a new residential development in 1998. Fortunately for CT & D, the local economy was growing at the time, but Vietnamese were reluctant to keep their money in the bank. As a result, sales were strong.
陳嘉發指出，中央貿開的本業原是開發土地而非蓋房子，一九九八年以「度小月」的心情推出預售屋，剛巧越南經濟開始成長，越南人又不敢把錢存銀行，因而銷售成績不錯。