answer: #Person1# asks #Person2# about reports from Asian branch offices. #Person2# thinks it's hard to tell the trends from the preliminary figures because the branches are located in different countries.
documents: #Person1#: What's the deal with the Asia area sales? Did you have a chance to look at any other reports that came in from the branch offices?
  #Person2#: We got numbers back from our offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore and Tokyo, we're waiting on Bangkok and Kula Lumpur.
  #Person1#: What do the preliminary figures tell you? Any kinds of trends going on for the branches in the Far East?
  #Person2#: It's hard to say, because the branches are located in diversity different countries, cultural and social influences will definitely play a part in the success of the product in the various markets.
  #Person1#: For example?
  #Person2#: For instance, some products that do very well in Tokyo branch are a flop in Malaysia. We're talking about different people with different lifestyles and different needs. Each of the branches takes these types of things into consideration when they compile their reports and their marketing plans.