11.  Even as the tides of free trade, globalized investments and regional currencies are washing over every continent, there are islands of resistance..

12.  Financial services and tourism revenues could be hurt by declining regional currencies.

13.  Fischer also said the floating of the currency was done partly in response to turbulence in regional currency markets.

14.  For Asia, the move raised concern that other regional currencies may come under fire.

15.  For Hong Kong, weaker regional currencies make its own exports less competitive compared with those of its Asian rivals.

16.  In recent months, speculative attacks on the baht have put pressure on other regional currencies.

17.  Investors cheered policy moves by governments in Malaysia and Indonesia, and regional currencies held steady.

18.  Investor concern about the regional currency turmoil kept funds away from the market.

19.  It attributed the loss to weak demand within Japan, and to declining sales in Asia due to the regional currency crisis.

20.  Once the baht fell, other regional currencies became candidates for devaluation, as well.