In recent years President Enterprises, the leader in Taiwan's food industry, has also set up shop in Southeast Asia. At first, things looked good for the instant noodle factory the company set up in Indonesia in 1993. "Less than three years after opening, we were turning enough of a profit to expand. Eight production lines were running 24 hours a day.
九三年才投產的印尼速食麵廠原本十分看好，「開工不到三年就有盈餘可供擴充，八套機器二十小時運轉，是非常不容易的事」，統一企業集團總裁高清愿帶著既驕傲、又惋惜的語氣形容。