Who's afraid of the millennium bug . . . What areas of your economy are most vulnerable to the Y2K bug . . . . . .
Computers now play a central role in virtually everyone's life.
We depend on them at work. They run our power stations, communications networks and stockmarkets. Companies and governments across Asia have spent millions of dollars trying to make sure they will and executives are relatively confident they have succeeded. Only in Indonesia and South Korea did more than a quarter say they are very concerned. Executives believe financial services and communications systems are most likely to be beset by problems, while health care is one of the less-vulnerable industries.