As Leong Kam Chun notes: "Because Macau is so small and sits rights next to mainland China, its economy is always vulnerable to external factors." As soon as the Asian financial crisis hit Hong Kong, the Macau economy was similarly affected, and unemployment reached 7 %.
「澳門幅員太小，又坐落在中國大陸旁邊，經濟上是典型的『浮游型態』，受外在的牽制很大」，會計師梁金泉也認為，金融風暴一波及香港，澳門經濟應聲而倒，失業率高達百分之七。