A. Asia 2010

Name

Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil Brit Ind Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalm Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary Islands Cape Verde Caymen Islands Central African Rep. Chad Chile China Christmas Islands Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Dem Rep. of Korea Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France France Metropolitan French Guiana French Polynesia French So. Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadaloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard McDonald Island Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (South Korea) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lativa Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mariana Islands Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nambia Nauru Nepal Netherland Antilles Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Island Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Island Norway Oman Pacific Islands Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda S Georgia & Sandwich Saint Pierre & Miquelon Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierre Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somali Republic South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent/Grenadines Sudan Suriname Svalbard & Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay US Minor Outlying Is. Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands: British Virgin Islands: US Wallis & Futuna Islands Western Sahara Western Samoa Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe (Click here to choose)

Big picture investing

1. Which Asian country has the best investment prospects in the next five years?

Asian Country

2. Which Asian business sector offers the best investment prospects in the next five years?
Choose one:

Telecoms
Banks and financial institutions
Natural resources (includes oil & gas, paper etc)
Technology
Transportation
Retail

3. Will Southeast Asia grow faster than North Asia in the next 10 years?
Choose one:

Yes
No

4. On a 10-year view, you would make a better return owning property in...
Choose one:

Hong Kong
Tokyo
Shanghai
Singapore

5. Will Asia [including Japan] be a more important hi-tech centre by 2010 than the US?
Choose one:

Yes
No

HiTech

(6) Please rank the following countries (Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, India) in order of importance as hi-tech centers in 2010 in Asia. 1st=most important.

	1	2	3	4	5
Japan
China
Taiwan
Korea
India

MarketCap

(7) Which countries do you think will have the most companies in the world's top 100 companies by market capitalisation in 2010?
Rank the following countries with 1 being the country with the most.

	1	2	3	4	5
China
India
Japan
Korea
Taiwan

8. By 2010 what percentage of global indices [eg MSCI] will Asia [including Japan] represent?
Choose one:

0-10%
11-20%
21-30%
31-40%
41-50%
51-60%
61-70%
Over 70%

B. Politics

9. Name Asia's two most competent governments.

10. In which Asian country is corruption the greatest concern?

11. Will corruption be less of a problem in Asia in 2010 than it is today?
Choose one:

Yes
No

C. China

12. Of the world's top 50 companies by market capitalization in 2010, how many will come from China?
Choose one:

None
1-5
6-10
11-20
21-35
36-50

13. Will Taiwan reunify with China by 2010?
Choose one:

Yes
No

14. Will the Chinese stock market be bigger than the Tokyo stock market by 2010?
Choose one:

Yes
No

15. Will the standard of English-usage in 2010 be higher in
Choose one:

Hong Kong
Shanghai

16. Which language will dominate Asian business in the next 20 years?
Choose one:

English
Mandarin

17. Shanghai will usurp Hong Kong's pre-eminence as a financial centre within...
Choose one:

5 years
10 years
20 years
30 years
Never

D. Japan

18. What will Japan's public debt to GDP ratio be in 2010?
Choose one:

50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
More than 350%

19. Are you optimistic about Japan's growth potential?
Choose one:

Yes
No

20. Do you think Japan has entered a cycle of gradual decline similar to post-war Britain?
Choose one:

Yes
No

E. Currencies

21. What will be the level of the dollar/yen in 2010?

Dollar/Yen

22. On a five-year view would you rather hold US dollars or euros?
Choose one

US dollars
euros

23. Will there be a single Asian currency within 10 years?
Choose one:

Yes
No

F. The future of Asian banking

24. Which will be the most significant Asian financial centre in 2010?
Choose one:

Tokyo
Hong Kong
Singapore
Shanghai

25. Will there be a global Asian-owned bank by 2010?
Choose one:

Yes
No

26. Will there ever be another Pan-Asian, Asian-owned investment bank [like Peregrine]?
Choose one:

Yes
No