By late 1997, the company was also beginning to feel the effects of the Asian economic crisis.
And even the low 1998 figure was higher than in 1996, before the Asian crisis began.
The good times came to end with the Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s.
About the Asian economic crisis of 1997-98 they are very good indeed.
This later would be known as the Asian financial crisis.
But after the Asian financial crisis of 1997, they started saying that such a move would be many more years away.
But a more serious influence is likely to be the Asian economic crisis.
It is going on four years since the Asian financial crisis.
"We didn't know such a serious Asian financial crisis was coming."
The Asian crisis has meant high interest rates and lost jobs.