21.   Despite the plummeting stock market, the Hong Kong government on Monday reiterated its vow to defend its currency.

22.   Defending the currency would require such high interest rates that economic activity would be slowed.

23.   Earlier in the week the government suspended efforts to defend its currency, the won, which plunged in value.

24.   Elsewhere, the Indonesian rupiah rose on efforts from the Indonesian government to defend its currency.

25.   For a time, the central bank tried to defend the currency by ratcheting up interest rates, but it was ultimately forced to let the ringgit decline.

26.   For now, the central bank is sticking with its pledge to defend the currency and maintain the exchange band.

27.   For most analysts, the big question is whether the central bank has enough resources to defend the currency against future runs.

28.   Hong Kong Stocks were hurt as the territory raised interest rates to defend its currency.

29.   Hong Kong has already made back the money it spent defending the currency this week, even as stock markets around the world were still paying the price.

30.   Hong Kong is well equipped to defend its currency, too.