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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The End of an Era -- A reluctant farewell -- The Asean way -- When bad news is good news -- Watch what we say, not what we do -- No shortage of shooting -- Commodity windfalls -- Chinese financiers and footloose factories -- Second time around: Japan's regained ascendancy -- Industrial images, industrial mirages -- Sub-contracting or substitution? -- Cutting down a resource -- Commodity con games -- Projectitis -- Overlooking maintenance -- A primitive business culture -- The Chinese connection -- The shadow of debt -- The blunt side of the East Asian edge -- An indigenous technological culture? -- Home movies -- The end of an era -- References -- Chapter 2: Full Circle in the Philippines -- Portent of things to come? -- Behave or go home -- Drawing comparisons -- No portent from the Philippines -- The Cojuangco factor -- Specific charges -- The arrastre business -- Gambling dens, barter trade and other diversions -- Plus ça change -- Plus c'est la même chose -- What's in a name? -- Early gains -- Duty-free duppies -- Broadcasting blues -- Full circle in the Philippines? -- References -- Chapter 3: Malaise in Brunei and Malaysia -- I: Toll gates: a cautionary tale -- Political troubles -- The racial conundrum -- Banking problems -- Commodity markets crumble -- Scandal of scandals -- NEP-otism at the share market -- Sultans galore -- Move over Mat Salleh? -- Damned dams -- Other bright ideas -- 'Looking East' -- II: The world's richest man -- Bribes, backhanders and favours -- Bank scandals -- The Shell-fare state -- CONTRA-dictory generosity -- III: Malay economics: getting it right -- Malay business culture: getting it wrong -- Longer-term problems -- The religious conundrum.