单项选择题

Corporate Survey for Upcoming 2nd Fiscal Quarter
Royal Thai Ministry of Economics and Trade
Respondent Information:
Your Name:______
Your Title:______
Your Company’s Name:______
Your company’s products or services:______
Number of workers in your company(choose one):
1-50 51-100 101-500 over 500
Where is your main office located (Thailand) (Overseas)
Business Plans, 2nd Quarter
Please inform us of your plans for the 2nd quarter by answering the questions below.
1. Do you plan to hire more workers (Y) (N)
2. If you answered "Yes" to No. 1, how many, approximately
______
3. Do you plan to invest(including manufacturing, equipment, facilities or real estate) (Y) (N)
4. If you answered "Yes" to No. 3, how much, approximately
$USD______
5. Do you plan to increase research and development spending (Y) (N)
6. If you answered "Yes" to No. 5, by how much, approximately
$USD______
7. Do you plan to increase marketing spending (Y) (N)
8. If you answered "Yes" to No. 7, by how much, approximately
$USD______
Your specific responses will be kept confidential. Your and other responses will be combined into statistical research for our ministry.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Royal Thai Ministry of Economics and Trade
Hong Kong Business Weekly
Report on Thai business conditions-where to next.
By Su Qi Ming (Reporting from Bangkok)
Figures released by the Thai government this week suggest that Thai companies are reluctant to spend. As CEO Yardthip Womsowat of Southeast Industrial Group stated in an interview with us, "Our corporation, along with many other Thai and Thai-based foreign companies, are waiting for local business conditions to improve before actingl However, spending in some areas has fallen beneath 15%. In those areas, spending needs to rise right away just to keep Thai companies at least minimally competitive."
2nd Quarter Business Activity Forecast, Thailand
% of Companies Engaged in Each Activity


The Thai economy is not predicted to start posting a strong performance until the 3rd quarter of next year. Until then, the current business trends in the country will probably remain relatively unchanged.
Thai manufacturers, banks, and even tourist facilities are reporting slowdowns because of this and so have adjusted their business activities to compensate. Exceptions to this are Thai IT companies. Because of the demand for Thai goods and services in this sector from businesses and consumers in Japan, the U.S. and the European Union, these companies have been able to ignore current troubles in the national economy.
Which kind of company is likely unaffected by the current economy