Asia's leading firms honoured - Sponsored by Far Eastern Economic Review

Supachai Panitchpakdi, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, WTO Director-General-Designate, and Philip Revzin, Editor and Publisher of The Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) have presented Hong Kong's top 10 Thailand's top 10 and Asia's top 90 companies with awards honoring their ranking in the magazine's annual pan-Asian leadership survey, the Review 200: Asia's Leading Companies. The Review 200 is conducted by the Far Eastern Economic Review in association with AT&T. In a glittering awards ceremony in Hong Kong, Supachai Panitchapakdi spoke about what businesses should be doing to prepare for WTO rules-based trade, and what battles lie ahead. "In Asia, I have faith in the vast pool of entrepreneurial talents with proven track records in achieving success and overcoming difficulties and crisis," he said. "Asian businesses will be equal to whatever challenges posed by the world trade system." Philip Revzin said: "The Review 200 companies embody what is dynamic and exciting about Asia. In their various ways, they have all discovered solutions to problems, thought unpredictable thoughts and executed ingenious strategies." The survey ranks each company on five leadership qualities: high-quality services and products; innovation in responding to customer needs, long-term vision, financial soundness and being a company that others try to emulate. The five leading companies in Hong Kong in 1998-1999 are: 1. Cheung Kong 2. Mass Transit Railway 3. Hutchison Whampoa 4. Hang Seng Bank 5. Cable & Wireless HKT The five leading companies in Thailand in 1998-1999 are: 1. Thai Fairmers Bank 2. Charoen Pokphand 3. Bangkok Bank 4. Boon Rawd Brewery 5. Thai Airways The top five multinational companies doing business in Asia in 1998-1999 are: 1. Microsoft 2. Coca-Cola 3. IBM 4. Intel 5. General Electric

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