All such companies' share prices are holding up well. Southeast Asia is facing difficult circumstances today, but we simply have to wait for it to recover, since there is no region that can take its place as an investment target. Some people suggest India, inland regions of China, Latin America, and Russia as alternatives, but it will take considerable time for them to match Southeast Asia's attractiveness as a field for investment. While I endorse deregulation as a general principle, I think it is dangerous for every country and every sector to jump on the deregulation bandwagon. This was the chief cause of Thailand's bubble economy, and we can see what a perilous pattern resulted.
Deregulation is predicated on the idea that human nature is basically good.
Observing the behavior that caused the bursting of economic bubbles, however, we realize that human nature is not always good. This means that in some areas regulation probably has to be tightened.