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