owned by the Government of New South Wales and 33.3% owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. Under the legislation, regardless of winning or losing the candidacy, at the end of the process it would have to be dissolved. Thus, these rules blocked any change in the composition, structure and functioning of the SOBC. As a result of this, the bid committee created by the APF had to do all the work alone. After the announcement that of the five finalists, four satisfied the conditions to host the Paralympic Games (Beijing, Berlin, Manchester and Sydney) - technical infeasibility eliminated Istanbul - the IPC breathed a sigh of relief at that moment as three of these cities were proposing to "jointly organize the Olympic and Paralympic Games to save human and financial resources": the only bidding city that didn't propose this was Sydney. After the decision was made by the IOC, Berlin was seen as favorites, as it was "considered the perfect proposal to celebrate the entry of the third millennium" as they wanted to celebrate the German reunification by hosting the Games. But the support of its bid was marred after anti-Olympic protesters marched through the city just four days before the final vote in Monaco, claiming that the Games would be using funds to further domestic reconstruction efforts. The Manchester's bid book was believed to be strong, but was harmed by recurring delays in the regeneration process and the ongoing works at the historic center of the city, by criticism within Britain when its promotional videos and material featured videos and photos of the main tourist attractions of the capital London, such as Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge, instead of Manchester's tourist attractions. The first reactions in the UK were one of disbelief and embarrassment when the final presentation was taken in Monaco: many opinions in the editorials in national and local newspapers the following day concluded "Manchester is in a severe identity crisis", and even with Great Britain being the "spiritual home of Paralympic sport", Manchester's candidacy was being rejected by political force, along with several failures - the most glaring being their proposal to hold the Paralympic Games over 15 days, whereas the maximum allowed at the time was 12. A review of the failed project was submitted two years later to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), and the city was eventually named as the host of the