Initially, personal and/or facsimile/telephone and mail interviews were conducted with 35 trade and/or investment experts in Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Manila. Our panel of experts consisted of leading businessmen, academics and bureaucrats who were deemed most competent to provide country- and regionspecific information related to FDI generation. Throughout the remaining part of this report, direct opinions and comments from our ASEAN panel of experts arepresented in bold italic font.