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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1976

PRESS PASSES FOR CFM MEETING READY FOR COLLECTION

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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THE PRESS PASSES FOR THE COMMONWEALTH FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING (CFMM) ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY FROM THE GIS NEWSROOM, SIXTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

ON COLLECTING THE PASS, THE HOLDER HAS TO PRODUCE SOME IDENTIFICATION AND TO SIGN AGAINST HIS/HER NAME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT. THE PASSES FOR ONE AGENCY CAN ALSO BE COLLECTED IN BULK BY ONE OF THE APPLICANTS WHO CAN SIGN ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES. BUT THEY WILL NOT BE HANDED OVER TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON THE PRESS PASS LIST.

IN THE EVENT OF THE LOSS OF A PRESS PASS, PLEASE REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE PRESS CENTRE OF THE CFMM OR TO THE NEWSROOM OF GIS.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PASSES FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY ARE VALID FOR THAT FUNCTION ONLY, AND AS ADVISED EARLIER, THEY WILL BE COLLECTED ON THE SPOT BY GIS MARSHALLING OFFICERS AFTER THE CEREMONY IS OVER.

PASSES FOR THE PRESS CENTRES MUST BE RETURNED TO GIS NEWSROOM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING IS OVER.

BECAUSE OF THE BIG DEMAND FOR ACCREDITED PRESS PASSES, IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO ALLOCATE PRESS CENTRE PASSES TO PHOTOGRAPHERS. INSTEAD THEY WILL RECEIVE PASSES VALID ONLY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE PALACE ROOM.

IT WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY TO RESTRICT ENTRY FOR ACCREDITED REPORTERS TO THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE PALACE ROOM TO ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH NEWSPAPER OR NEWS AGENCY.

TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS, IF OPERATING BOTH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE ALLOWED TWO REPORTERS, BUT ONLY ONE, IF OPERATING IN ONE LANGUAGE ONLY,

WE HOPE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO OBSERVE THE ABOVE PROCEDURES.

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