IMF to host crisis meeting

IMF to host crisis meeting

TOKYO (DPA): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will host a conference for the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of Southeast Asian nations in Tokyo next week, reports said Saturday.

The meeting, hosted by IMF director Michael Camdessus to focus on the region's economic, financial and currency problems is scheduled for Thursday, the report said.

Representatives from South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank are expected to attend. said