'It's already the post-Deng era,' - Dong Tao, senior economist at Schroder Securities Asia, days before Deng Xiaoping's death.
'I think what you've seen today is a really typical sell the rumour, buy the news,' - Richard Verin, head of equities trading at CS First Boston, after the Hang Seng Index surprisingly soared 305.01 points, or 2.33 per cent, to 13,411.33 points on news of Deng Xiaoping's death, having fallen the week earlier.
'The essence of the deal is Bre-X gets shafted,' - Michael Fowler, Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion analyst, after Canada's Bre-X Minerals agreed to let Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold of the US, in on a partnership to exploit one of the richest gold strikes in history. Freeport is renowned for its cosy relationship with Indonesia's leaders.
'We believe the Thai economy is fundamentally sound. There's no Mexico in this region,' - Singaporean Finance Minister Richard Hu noting Singapore was not concerned that problems in Thailand's economy would affect Singapore.