The TAIEX index fell 9 percent this week. Singapore's Straits Times index fell 4 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 2 percent. The latter two benchmarks had their fifth weekly declines in a row on concern the spread of SARS will curb economic growth.
The Taiwanese government will also impose restrictions on visitors from Hong Kong, requiring them to obtain visas before arriving in Taiwan, the Taipei Times reported on Saturday, citing Premier Yu Shyi-kun.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manu-facturing Co (台灣積體電路公司), the world's largest supplier of made-to-order chips, dropped 4.2 percent.
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