In Korea, they gave their gold bars to their government; in Thailand, they swapped their foreign currency to baht to support their currency; at Statue Square in Hong Kong last Sunday, thousands of Filipinas offered their prayers for the SAR.
What about Hong Kong people? What have we contributed to help our community? Faith in the Government - this is what locals gave. We expressed confidence in our leaders and in their ability to steer us through the financial storms.
And that is why, to date, there has been no panicky exchange from local currency to US greenback. Nor has there been any mass protest against the Government's failure to sort out the economic problems.
Hong Kong people believe that we are still armed with strong assets - mammoth foreign reserves and a relatively clean Government - to see us through the turmoil.
But that faith cannot be taken for granted. Despite people's trust in the Government, recent events have caused people to rethink whether the administration which has led us through storm after storm in the last two decades is as capable as they believed.
The Government's insensitivity to public sentiment has generated more doubts than faith. And Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's appeal to the community for unity and solidarity to face up to the present challenge is hardly taken seriously.