For instance, some contracted wasteland to reclaim and farm it, while others contracted barren hills to plant trees or established grain and agricultural processing plants. After years of working away from home, they had broadened their horizons and were naturally unwilling to remain content with simply tending their own small plots of land.
At this time, the price of steel rebar plummeted, as did the prices for cement and timber. The costs of various raw materials were all in free fall.
International crude oil futures crashed, and stock markets around the world tumbled. Domestic stocks plunged, and the Hong Kong stock market experienced a sharp decline.
