A high-level committee, headed by Hong Kong's Chief Secretary for Administration Rafael Hui, will oversee planning and co-ordination of the sixth WTO ministerial conference to be held in Hong Kong this December, Hui announced Wednesday.

Speaking to the media at the Central Government Offices, Hui said the conference is important to Hong Kong, an externally- oriented and small economy, adding the event will, apart from economic and trade matters, involve a number of security and traffic management issues.

He stressed that there is a need to ensure the safety of participants and the public. To keep inconvenience to affected shops to the minimum, the government will seek shop owners' support on the issue, he added.

The sixth WTO ministerial conference will be held in Hong Kong on December 13-18. Some 15,000 people are expected to attend the meeting, including 8,000 government representatives and 1,000 journalists.

Source: Xinhua