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Rank Rank Company name Country Main business Sales
1998 1997       $ Millions % change
371 392 HITACHI ASIA SINGAPORE Electronics 3,216.5 7.0
372 390 KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELEC. JAPAN Electronic components 3,204.3 12.3
373 352 CITIZEN WATCH JAPAN Watches 3,193.4 -1.7
374 317 TOKYO SANGYO JAPAN Machinery trading 3,180.9 -13.1
375 376 DONG-AH CONSTRUCTION SOUTH KOREA Construction 3,180.2 15.7
376 432 SHANGHAI VOLKSWAGEN CHINA Cars 3,174.5 8.3
377 364 KOREA HEAVY INDL. & CONST. SOUTH KOREA Engineering, machinery 3,160.9 7.3
378 367 HONG LEONG INVESTMENT SINGAPORE Investment 3,142.2 -4.3
379 262 SWIRE PACIFIC HONG KONG Investment, property 3,141.9 -34.6
380 370 AISIN AW JAPAN Car parts 3,106.6 2.0


Rank Company name Net Profit Assets Sales per
1998   $ Millions % change RANK $ Millions Rank $1 Assets
371 HITACHI ASIA 0.2 -95.3 806 806.4 867 3.99
372 KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELEC. 27.7 139.1 489 2,379.6 508 1.35
373 CITIZEN WATCH 113.1 40.2 208 3,227.2 408 0.99
374 TOKYO SANGYO 8.4 2.5 668 330.1 931 9.64
375 DONG-AH CONSTRUCTION -9.5 843 7,005.2 204 0.45
376 SHANGHAI VOLKSWAGEN NA 1,776.4 631 1.79
377 KOREA HEAVY INDL. & CONST. 47.6 -70.0 388 3,560.9 379 0.89
378 HONG LEONG INVESTMENT 128.2 -44.7 189 13,332.4 101 0.24
379 SWIRE PACIFIC 856.2 1.1 21 15,619.9 77 0.20
380 AISIN AW 67.2 -11.0 315 1,881.4 604 1.65
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Rank Company name Equity Employees Profit per Market
1998   $ Millions Rank Number Rank Employee Cap. $m.
371 HITACHI ASIA 95.0 854 848 891 187
372 KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELEC. 1,331.0 302 6,435 385 4,303 1,730.7
373 CITIZEN WATCH 1,695.0 241 10,693 276 10,580 1,839.2
374 TOKYO SANGYO 99.8 850 325 957 25,940 67.1
375 DONG-AH CONSTRUCTION 1,244.6 326 6,403 389 44.6
376 SHANGHAI VOLKSWAGEN 1,171.1 341 10,009 286
377 KOREA HEAVY INDL. & CONST. 1,125.3 356 7,955 338 5,982
378 HONG LEONG INVESTMENT 4,048.4 91 30,000 96 4,275
379 SWIRE PACIFIC 11,728.2 15 60,000 36 14,269 5,918.9
380 AISIN AW NA 6,250 394 10,757
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Rank Company name Profit as % of Notes Key
1998   Sales Assets Equity  
371 HITACHI ASIA 0.0 0.0 0.2 3 U
372 KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELEC. 0.9 1.2 2.1 3 L
373 CITIZEN WATCH 3.5 3.5 6.7 3 L
374 TOKYO SANGYO 0.3 2.6 8.4 3 L a
375 DONG-AH CONSTRUCTION 12 L
376 SHANGHAI VOLKSWAGEN 12 U S
377 KOREA HEAVY INDL. & CONST. 1.5 1.3 4.2 12 U
378 HONG LEONG INVESTMENT 4.1 1.0 3.2 12 U
379 SWIRE PACIFIC 27.2 5.5 7.3 12 L
380 AISIN AW 2.2 3.6 12 U
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