ISD and the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings

The ISD was also heavily involved in the media arrangements for the
Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary
Fund which were held in Hong Kong for the first time from September
23-25, 1997. An ISD team was attached to the Hong Kong Monetary
Authority Planning Division to help implement the arrangements.
Widespread media interest from local and overseas organisations was
heightened by the fact that the meetings were being held just three months
after the Handover.

In all, 1 963 media representatives were accredited for the Annual
Meetings, the highest number ever registered for the event.
Representation was almost equally split between Hong Kong media and
those from overseas. Arrangements for the journalists included a
purpose-built press room with free seating work spaces for 500
journalists and facilities for television and radio broadcasters to take live
coverage of the meetings and selected keynote speeches. RTHK provided
the live 'host' TV feed of the opening ceremonies and plenary sessions.
During the busiest phase, up to 60 information officers were involved in
the project.

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