Sign to stop another Burma massacre
Avaaz | 25.09.2007 01:22
After decades of brutal dictatorship, the people of Burma are rising--and they need our help. Today over 100,000 people are on the streets of Rangoon, more around the country. When protesters last marched in 1988, the military massacred thousands.
But this time it can be different--if only the world stands with the marchers. The United Nations summit starts today in New York. Let's raise an emergency global campaign, demanding they press the Burmese generals to negotiate rather than crush the demonstrators. We'll deliver it to Security Council members--particularly China's Hu Jintao, until now the military junta's protector--and to media at the UN this week.
But this time it can be different--if only the world stands with the marchers. The United Nations summit starts today in New York. Let's raise an emergency global campaign, demanding they press the Burmese generals to negotiate rather than crush the demonstrators. We'll deliver it to Security Council members--particularly China's Hu Jintao, until now the military junta's protector--and to media at the UN this week.
Sign our emergency petition supporting the peaceful protests in Burma, then spread the word:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/c.php?cl=19988569
For decades the Burmese dictatorship fought off pressure--imprisoning elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and democracy activists, wiping out thousands of villages in the provinces, bringing miseries from forced labour to refugee camps. One-third of children under 5 now suffer malnutrition; millions are down to one meal a day.
But last Tuesday Buddhist monks and nuns, overwhelmingly respected in Burma, began marching and chanting prayers. The protests spread--now they're growing by tens of thousands every day, as ordinary people, even celebrities and comedians join in. They've broken the chains of fear and given hope to 52 million Burmese.
However, this hope is hanging by a thread. While hesitating to attack the respected monks, the regime is reported to be organising violence. Demonstrators have already been beaten, shots have been fired.
This is one of those moments where the world can make the difference: standing shoulder to shoulder with the Burmese people, helping to shine a dissolving light on tyranny. Let's call on powers at the UN--in particular, China (next year's Olympics host)--to warn the generals that violence will have the gravest consequences, and the time has come for change.
People power is rising through the streets of Burma today. Let the demonstrators know the world is with them. Click here to sign the petition, then tell everyone you know:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/c.php?cl=19988569
In hope,
Paul, Pascal, Graziela, Ricken and the whole Avaaz team
PS: The government has just threatened the monks--here's an Associated Press article: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-MfhLN9Q7MwtQ1VlrvexLjr2dA
And we've just heard this from the international Burma Campaign: the military has reportedly ordered a battalion of soldiers to shave their heads, pose as monks and operate as agents provocateurs. This might be the first first step towards a bloody crackdown. See http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/ for more background.
Avaaz.org is staffed by a global team of campaigners operating on 3 continents. We have administrative offices in London, New York, and Rio de Janeiro. Please direct mail to our NY office at 260 Fifth Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10001 U.S.A.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/c.php?cl=19988569 For decades the Burmese dictatorship fought off pressure--imprisoning elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and democracy activists, wiping out thousands of villages in the provinces, bringing miseries from forced labour to refugee camps. One-third of children under 5 now suffer malnutrition; millions are down to one meal a day.
But last Tuesday Buddhist monks and nuns, overwhelmingly respected in Burma, began marching and chanting prayers. The protests spread--now they're growing by tens of thousands every day, as ordinary people, even celebrities and comedians join in. They've broken the chains of fear and given hope to 52 million Burmese.
However, this hope is hanging by a thread. While hesitating to attack the respected monks, the regime is reported to be organising violence. Demonstrators have already been beaten, shots have been fired.
This is one of those moments where the world can make the difference: standing shoulder to shoulder with the Burmese people, helping to shine a dissolving light on tyranny. Let's call on powers at the UN--in particular, China (next year's Olympics host)--to warn the generals that violence will have the gravest consequences, and the time has come for change.
People power is rising through the streets of Burma today. Let the demonstrators know the world is with them. Click here to sign the petition, then tell everyone you know:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/c.php?cl=19988569 In hope,
Paul, Pascal, Graziela, Ricken and the whole Avaaz team
PS: The government has just threatened the monks--here's an Associated Press article:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-MfhLN9Q7MwtQ1VlrvexLjr2dA And we've just heard this from the international Burma Campaign: the military has reportedly ordered a battalion of soldiers to shave their heads, pose as monks and operate as agents provocateurs. This might be the first first step towards a bloody crackdown. See
http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/ for more background. Avaaz.org is staffed by a global team of campaigners operating on 3 continents. We have administrative offices in London, New York, and Rio de Janeiro. Please direct mail to our NY office at 260 Fifth Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10001 U.S.A.
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25.09.2007 16:02
Abercrombie & Kent
Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) is an American holiday company with 45 offices around the world, including offices in the UK. A&K make an unwelcome return to the Dirty List. In 2003 the UK branch of A&K informed the Burma Campaign UK that A&K would no longer include Burma in its brochures or promote tourism to Burma. However, the US branch of A&K still operates tours. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese democracy movement have asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Abercrombie & Kent Ltd
St George's House
Ambrose Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3LG
England
Tel: 0845 0700 610
Fax: 0845 0700 607
Email:
Adventures Abroad
Adventures Abroad is an American travel company which operates in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. It organises and promotes holidays to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese democracy movement have asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Chris Boycott
Managing Director
Adventures Abroad Ltd
Unit M, Staniforth Estates
Main Street, Hackenthorpe
Sheffield S12 4LB
Email:
Alcatel
Alcatel is a French multinational specialising in communication technology. Alcatel is working closely with the regime in Burma to help it develop telecommunications such as landlines and mobile networks. The regime is the only mobile service provider in Burma, and is keen to expand the service because of high revenues and its importance to companies investing and trading with Burma, in particular, gem miners and exporters.
Managing Director
ALCATEL
7a The Long Room
CopperMill Lock
Canal Side
HAREFIELD UB9 6JA
Andrew Brock Travel
Andrew Brock Travel is a tour operator that organises tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese democracy movement have asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities. Owner Andrew Brock has said that Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is ‘oppressing Burma’s people’.
Andrew Brock
ANDREW BROCK Ltd.
29a Main Street, Lyddington,
Oakham, Rutland LE15 9LR
Fax 01572 821072
Email:
Aquatic
Aquatic is a privately owned Scottish company that provides specialist services to the oil and gas industry. Aquatic has an office in Burma, through which they assist the oil and gas industry. Gas exports are the regime’s largest source of income.
Managing Director
Aquatic
Palmerston Centre
29-31 Palmerston Road
Aberdeen AB11 5QP
Fax: 01224 577361
Email:
Asean Explorer
Asean Explorer is a travel company that organises tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese democracy movement have asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities. Asean Explorer have sent abusive emails to people asking them to end their involvement in Burma.
Managing Director
Asean Explorer
PO Box 82
37 High Street
Alderney GY9 3DG
Fax: 01481 823 495
Email:
Audley Travel
Audley Travel is a travel company that organises tours to Burma. It also promotes holidays to Burma in national newspapers, including the Sunday Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian and The Observer.
Craig Burkinshaw
Managing Director
Audley Travel Ltd
6 Willows Gate
Stratton Audley
Oxfordshire OX27 9AU
Fax 01869 276 214
Email:
Bales Worldwide
Bales Worldwide is a travel company that organises tours to Burma. Although the company admits there are ‘conflicting views’ on whether tourists should visit Burma, it argues in favour of tourism.
Managing Director
Bales Worldwide Holidays
Bales House
Junction Road
Dorking
Surrey RH4 3HL
Email:
Bamboo Travel - NEW
Bamboo Travel is a UK company which aims to deliver bespoke itineraries for tourists wishing to visit China and South East Asia. Burma is included as one of the company’s destinations. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese democracy movement have asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy.
Bamboo Travel Ltd
1E Elms Road
Clapham
London
SW4 9ET
Email:
Ben Line Agencies/ EGT Holdings
Ben Line Agencies is a Scottish shipping line with offices in Burma. It operates a range of port services for companies exporting cargo from Burma. Ben Line is owned by EGT Holdings.
William Thomson
Chairman
Ben Line Agencies
Suite 7, Bonnington Bond
2 Anderson Place
Edinburgh EH6 5NP
Fax: 0131 557 4742
Email:
Britannic Garden Furniture Ltd - NEW
Britannic Garden Furniture is the West Country’s leading British manufacturer of “genuine” (Burmese) teak garden furniture. Their furniture can be found in such prestigious places as Hyde Park and the Tower of London. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Britannic Garden Furniture has said: "As for Aung San Suu Kyi, admitted her party had won the election on a very small turnout. We note that she seems to be very comfortable and well looked after in her bungalow and seems easily to communicate with the outside world. Burma's human rights, admitted, are not very good and probably fifty percent of the rest of the world are not either."
Britannic Garden Furniture Ltd
Coasters Close
Quarry Road
Alveston
Bristol
BS35 3HZ
Fax: 01454 417 941
Email:
Chevron
Since its 2005 takeover of Unocal, US oil giant Chevron has been one of the joint venture partners developing the Yadana offshore gas field in Burma, which earns the military regime millions of dollars. Chevron also owns Texaco.
Chevron Upstream Europe
Seafield House
Hill of Rubislaw, Aberdeen
AB15 6XL
Chevron Downstream Europe
1 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London
E14 4HA
Graduate Development and Recruitment Coordinator
Human Resources
Chevron Upstream Europe
Seafield House
Hill of Rubislaw
Aberdeen
AB15 6XL
Chevron Ltd
Pembroke Refinery
Pembroke
SA71 5SJ
Crown Relocations
Crown Relocations is a Hong Kong based company with offices in the UK. It is employed by governments, corporations and non-government agencies to arrange relocation of staff when they need to work overseas. Crown has an office in Burma that facilitates the transfer of expat staff employed by foreign investors in Burma. Crown strongly defends foreign investment in Burma.
Managing Director
Crown Worldwide Ltd.
19 Stonefield Way
London
South Ruislip
Middlesex HA4 OBJ
Fax: 020 8839 8155
Email:
Daewoo International Corporation
Daewoo is a South Korean conglomerate with interests ranging from oil and gas, to grain, televisions and cars. It is a partner in the Bay of Bengal gas exploration project in Burma which could earn the regime hundreds of millions of dollars. Daewoo Motors also has a car assembly plant which is a joint venture with Myanmar Automobile and Diesel Industries (MADI). MADI is owned and controlled by the regime. In addition, Daewoo supplies IT services to the regime, and has timber manufacturing and clothing interests in Burma.
Managing Director
Daewoo Int’l London Branch Office
Missing Link House, 3 Eastbury Road,
Northwood
Middlesex HA6 3AB
Fax: 01923 833 487
E-mail:
D.A. Watts & Sons - NEW
Based in Northamptonshire, England, D.A.Watts & Sons Ltd. is a family run business which has been established for 20 years. They have produced in excess of 3500 teak decks, and only use Burmese teak. They claim that they will continue to do so until, or unless, world politics shuts off the supply. Their decks are now installed as standard by many of Europe’s leading small craft manufacturers. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
D.A. Watts & Sons Ltd
Unit 6, Cosy Nook Ind. Est.
Thrapston
Kettering
Northants
NN14 4PL
Fax: 01832 735275
Email:
Dragon Travel
Dragon Travel is a travel company based in Wales that organises tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese democracy movement have asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Dragon Tours & Travel Ltd.
13 Howells Crescent
Llandaff
Cardiff
CF5 2AJ
Email:
E.O. Burton
E.O. Burton is a timber importer based in Essex. According to the Timber Trade Federation, E.O. Burton sells Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
E.O. Burton
Thorndon Sawmills
The Avenue
Brentwood
Essex CM13 3RZ
Fax: 01277 262823
Email:
Focus Energy
Focus Energy is a small British oil company – registered in the Virgin Islands. Focus Energy operates and develops onshore oil fields in Burma. It began operations in 1997, and in late 2004 announced a new investment of 4 million dollars to drill new wells.
Maurie Drew
General Manager
Focus Energy Ltd
Focus House
Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Estate
20 Pale Street
Bahan Tshp
Yangon
Burma
Gecko’s Adventures
Gecko’s describes itself as a travel company for ‘grassroots adventures’. It is a sister company of Peregrine Adventures, which has offices in Australia and the UK. Gecko’s organises tours to Burma.
Managing Director
Gecko’s Adventures
First Floor, 8 Clerewater Place,
Lower Way, Thatcham, Berkshire
RG19 3RF
Email:
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd is a German container shipping line and holiday cruise operator. Its container division has an office in Burma as part of its operation to export Burmese products. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises includes Burma on their cruises in Asia. Hapag-Lloyd is active in the UK container shipping market.
Managing Director
Hapag-Lloyd UK
48a Cambridge Road
Hapag-Lloyd House
Barking
Essex IG11 8HH
Fax: 020 8507 4165
Hawke House Ltd - NEW
Hawke House is a family run supplier to the marine industry. Located in Gosport, England, the equipment it stocks and retails includes Burmese teak decking. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Hawke House Ltd.
E1 Heritage Business Park
Heritage Way
Gosport
PO12 4BG
Email:
Insight Guides
Insight Guides is an independent publishing company that produces holiday guides, including a guide to Burma that promotes tourism to the country. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Insight Guides
58 Borough High Street
London SE1 1XF
Fax: 020 7403 0290
Email:
Email:
James Latham
James Latham is a timber importer based in Hemel Hempstead, and with depots across the UK. James Latham sells approximately £50,000 of Burmese teak each year. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
James Latham
Unit 3 Swallow Park
Finway Road
Hemel Hempstead
Herts HP2 7QU
Fax: 01442 267241
Kajima
Kajima is a Japanese construction company with contracts all over the world. Kajima has an office in Burma and has undertaken several construction contracts for the regime. In the UK, Kajima has won several PFI projects, including building schools in Camden and Ealing.
Managing Director
Kajima Europe UK
Grove House
248a Marylebone Road
London NW1 6JZ
Fax 020 7465 8634
Email:
Kerry Logistics Group/Kuok Group
Kerry Logistics is a goods transport logistics company with branches in 12 countries, including the UK. Kerry Logistics also operates in Burma, facilitating the export of Burmese goods. Kerry Logistics is part of the Singaporean conglomerate, Kuok Group.
Managing Director
Kerry Logistics (UK) Ltd
Unit 1 Broadoak Industrial Park
Ashburton Road West
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1RW
Fax: 0161 872 9016
K J Howells & Son - NEW
Located in Dorset, England, but with an international client base, K J Howells & Son manufactures and imports a range of teak products for the marine sector. It is open about the fact that it sources this teak from Burma. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
David Howells
KJ Howells & Son
Cobbs Quay Marina
Hamworthy
Poole
Dorset, BH15 4EL
Email:
Leeward Capital Corp
Leeward Capital Corp are a Canadian mining company. They are in a joint venture with the regime to mine and export amber.
Managing Director
Leeward Capital Corp
Unit 4, 1922 – 9th Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 0V2
Canada
Email:
Let’s Go/Pan MacMillan
Let’s Go is an American publisher of travel guides. Pan Macmillan distributes the Let’s Go series in the UK. The Let’s Go South East Asia guide includes a section on Burma that helps to facilitate tourism to the country. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
David North
Pan Macmillan
20 New Wharf Rd
London N1 9RR
Fax: 020 7014 6001
Email:
Lister/Sun Wood Industries
Lister is a garden furniture manufacturer based in Sussex. Its parent company is Sun Wood Industries in Thailand. It sources teak from Burma. Timber exports are an important source of income for the regime.
Nick Mottershead
Joint Managing Director
Lister Lutyens Co Ltd
6 Alder close
Eastbourne
East Sussex BN23 6QF
Fax 01323 639 314
Email:
Marubeni
Marubeni is a Japanese company with interests ranging from oil and gas to clothing and timber. In Burma they helped finance the Monywa Copper mine developed by Ivanhoe. In the UK Marubeni develops oil and gas reserves in the North Sea.
Managing Director
Marubeni UK Plc
120 Moorgate Street
London EC2M 6SS
Fax: 020 7826 8686
Mekong Travel
Mekong Travel is a travel company based in Buckinghamshire which specialises in holidays to Indochina, including Burma. On their website they describe how decades of isolation as a result of military dictatorship “have preserved here many of the traditional features, physical and cultural, which have been lost in other Asian countries.”
Managing Director
Mekong Travel
16 Ledborough Wood
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 2DJ
Fax: 01494 681631
Email:
Mel Flooring
Mel Flooring is a flooring company that sells Burmese Teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
Mel Flooring
Unit 6
Galleyhill Yard
Galleyhill
Waltham Abbey
Essex EN9 2AG
Fax: 01992 760060
Email:
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance is one of Japan’s largest non-life insurers with a workforce of over 13,000 and a net income in 2006 of over 124,000 million yen. Included in its large overseas network is a representative office in Yangon.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd.
6th Floor, New London House
6 London Street
London
EC3R 7LP
Fax: 020 7816 0220
Morgan Timber
Morgan Timber is a timber importer based in Kent. In 2004 the Timber Trade Federation listed Morgan Timber as selling Burmese teak. Morgan Timber have not replied to correspondence from the Burma Campaign UK regarding its sales of Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
Morgan Timber
Knight Road, Rochester
Kent ME2 2BA
Fax: 01634 290800
Email:
Moss & Co
Moss Timber is a timber importer based in London. According to the Timber Trade Federation, Moss Timber sells Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
Moss Timber
Dimes Place
104 King Street
Hammersmith
London W6 0QW
Fax: 020 8741 2470
Mountain Travel Sobek
Mountain Travel Sobek is an adventure travel company with offices in the US and UK. They operate tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Mountain Travel Sobek U.K.
67, Verney Avenue
High Wycombe
Bucks HP12 3ND
Fax: 01494 465526
Email:
Email:
New Horizons Travels and Tours Ltd
New Horizons Travels and Tours is a London based company that organises holidays to Burma. They promote them through their website burmaexpeditions.com.
MiMi Tin Tun
New Horizons Travels & Tours Ltd.
50 Burrard Road
West Hampstead
London NW6 1DD
NHG Timber Ltd
NHG Timber is a timber importer based in London. According to the Timber Trade Federation, NHG Timber sells Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
NHG Timber Ltd
4 Eagle House
Cranleigh Close
Sanderstead
Surrey CR2 9LH, UK
Fax: 020 8651 0913
Email:
New Horizons Travels and Tours Ltd
New Horizons Travels and Tours is a London based company that organises holidays to Burma. They promote them through their website burmaexpeditions.com.
MiMi Tin Tun
New Horizons Travels & Tours Ltd.
50 Burrard Road
West Hampstead
London NW6 1DD
NHG Timber Ltd
NHG Timber is a timber importer based in London. According to the Timber Trade Federation, NHG Timber sells Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
NHG Timber Ltd
4 Eagle House
Cranleigh Close
Sanderstead
Surrey CR2 9LH, UK
Fax: 020 8651 0913
Email:
Nikko Hotels International/Japan Airlines
Nikko Hotels International, a subsidiary of Japan Airlines, owns hotels all over the world. In Burma Nikko operate the Hotel Nikko Royal Lake Yangon. In the UK they own the Montcalm-Hotel Nikko London.
Shosuke Machida
Chief Executive
Nikko Hotels
JAL Bldg.
2-4-11, Higashishinagawa,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 104-0002
JAPAN
Fax: 00 81-3-3458-3950
Email:
Email:
Managing Director
Japan Airlines
JAL Bldg.
2-4-11, Higashishinagawa,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 104-0002
JAPAN
Fax: 00 81-3-3458-3950
Nippon Oil
Japanese oil firm Nippon Oil are one of the joint venture partners developing the Yadana offshore gas field in Burma, which earns the military regime millions of dollars.
Fumiaki Watari
President
Nippon Oil
3-12 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 8412, Japan
A Suzuki
Managing Director
Nippon Oil Exploration and Production UK Ltd
38 Finsbury Square
London EC2A 1PX
Fax: 020 7309 7676
Noble Caledonia
Noble Caledonia is a British holiday cruise company offering cruises all over the world. Their brochure includes cruises on the Irrawaddy River in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Noble Caledonia Limited
2 Chester Close, Belgravia,
London SW1X 7BE
Fax: 020 7245 0388
Email:
NYK Shipping
NYK is the world’s largest shipping company. It transports garment exports from Burma. Since being placed on the Dirty List in 2004 NYK has taken some welcome steps to reduce its involvement in Burma. It has stopped carrying timber exports from Burma and its American subsidiary Crystal Cruises has stopped visiting Burma. NYK has significant operations in the UK, operating out of ports across the country.
Managing Director
NYK Line Europe
CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9NY
Fax: 020 7090 2404
Orient Express
Orient Express has its registered office in Bermuda, is managed from London, and is listed on the New York stock exchange. The company specialises mainly in hotels, but also offers holidays to Burma including ‘Road to Mandalay’ cruises on the Irrawaddy River. It has recently expanded its interests in Burma by taking a stake in the Pansea hotel chain – now rebranded as ‘Pansea Orient Express’ - which has a hotel in Rangoon. Pansea Orient Express is also building a new hotel in Bagan, Burma.
James B. Sherwood
Chairman
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd
Sea Containers House
20 Upper Ground
London SE1 9PF
Fax: 020 7805 5938
Parker Kislingbury
Parker Kislingbury is a timber importer based in Buckinghamshire. According to the Timber Trade Federation, Parker Kislingbury sells Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
Parker Kislingbury
Brill Sawmills
Wotton Road
Brill
Buckinghamshire, HP18 9UB
Fax: 01844 238016
Email:
Peregrine Adventures
Peregrine Adventures is an Australian travel company with an office in London. Peregrine offers 12 day tours of Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Peregrine Tours
First Floor, 8 Clerewater Place,
Lower Way, Thatcham
Berkshire RG19 3RF
Email:
Pettitts
Pettitts is a travel company based in Kent. They offer a 9 day tour of Burma. They are one of the few travel companies to mention that there are ethical problems with visiting Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Steven Pettitt
Managing Director
Pettitts
Bayham House
12-16 Grosvenor Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 2AB
Fax: 01892 521500
Email:
Road to Mandalay
Road to Mandalay is a travel and export company based in Burma and the UK. In Burma it operates under the name Golden Pagoda Travel. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Gerry Haines
Road to Mandalay
c/o 16 Wynnstay Road
Broughton
Flintshire CH4 0RE
Robbins Timber
Robbins Timber is a timber company based in Bristol. They boast that they are one of the largest UK stockists of Burmese teak. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.
Managing Director
Robbins Timber
Brookgate
Ashton Vale
Bristol BS3 2UN
Fax: 0117 963 7927
Email:
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is a British company that makes and services engines for civil and military aircraft, and the marine and energy sectors. (Rolls-Royce cars are made by a separate company which have a license from Rolls-Royce to use the brand for cars.) Through its Singaporean subsidiary, Rolls-Royce has a contract to supply and service aircraft engines for at least one Burmese airline. All airlines in Burma are owned by the regime or their cronies.
Sir John Rose
Chief Executive
Rolls-Royce International Limited
65 Buckingham Gate
London SW1E 6AT
Fax: 020 7227 9178
Schlumberger
Schlumberger is a technology company which operates all over the world. Schlumberger Oilfield Services operates offshore gas rigs in Burma. It also operates oil rigs in UK waters in the North Sea.
Managing Director
Schlumberger Oilfield Services
Unit 1, Enterprise Drive, Westhill Industrial Estate
Westhill
Aberdeenshire AB32 6TQ
Fax: 01224 385601
Email:
Silverbird Travel
Silverbird Travel is a London based travel company that operates tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
SilverBird Travel
4 Northfields Prospect
Putney Bridge Road
London SW18 1PE
Fax: 020 8875 1874
Email:
Steppes Travel/Steppes East
Steppes East is a UK travel company offering holidays to Burma. They continue to operate tours to the country despite Nicholas A G Laing of Steppes East admitting to the Burma Campaign UK that: “Myanmar is a highly controversial subject which I have yet to fathom.” Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Nick Laing
Managing Director
Steppes East
51 Castle Street
Cirencester
Gloucestershire GL7 1QD
Fax: 01285 885888
Email:
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
SMFG was established in 2002 as a holding company for the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). SMBC came into existence the preceding year through the merger of the Sakura Bank and the Sumitomo Bank. SMBC operates a representative office in Yangon and, through the services it provides, serves to facilitate trade and financial transactions in Burma.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited
Temple Court
11 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4N 4TA
Fax: 020 7236 0049
Swift
Swift is a financial services co-operative company owned and controlled by many of the world’s largest banks, including Citibank, HSBC and ABN Amro. Swift hosts an electronic network that banks use to make transfers to each other. Following the imposition of financial sanctions by the United States government in August 2003 the regime faced a crisis, unable to use dollars in financial transactions. Swift came to their aid, making four Burmese banks part of its network. The regime is now able to avoid US financial sanctions by making financial transfers in Euros using Swift’s network.
Managing Director
Swift
7th floor, The Corn Exchange
55 Mark Lane
London EC3R 7NE
Fax: 020 7762 2222
Tennyson Travel
Tennyson Travel is a UK travel company that trades under the name Visit Vietnam. As well as tours to Vietnam it also operates tours to Burma, which it advertises in national newspapers.
Hung Nguyen
Managing Director
Tennyson Travel
30-32 Fulham High Street
London SW6 3LQ
Fax: 020 7736 5672
Email:
Timbmet
Timbmet is a UK timber company based in Oxford which sources teak from Burma. Timber exports are an important source of income for the regime.
Dan Kemp
Chairman
Timbmet Ltd., P.O. Box 39
Chawley Works, Cumnor Hill
Oxford OX2 9PP
Fax: 01865 864 367
Email:
Total Oil
Total is in a joint venture with the military regime developing an offshore gas field in the Andaman sea. The gas is exported to Thailand through a pipeline that travels 65 kilometres through Burma. Total is one of the biggest foreign investors in Burma. Total has been taken to court by six Burmese people who were used as forced labour in the preparation of Total’s pipeline in Burma.
Managing Director
Total Holdings UK Limited
33 Cavendish Square
London W1G OPW
Fax: 020 7416 4497
Trailblazer Guides
Trailblazer Guides publishes a guide to South East Asia that includes a section on Burma. This section facilitates tourism to the country. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Trailblazer Publications
The Old Manse, Tower Rd
Hindhead
Surrey GU26 6SU
Fax: 01428 607571
Email:
Trans Indus Ltd
Trans Indus is a British holiday company that operates tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Trans Indus Ltd
Northumberland House,
11 The Pavement, Popes Lane,
Ealing, London W5 4NG
Travel World Media
Travel World Media owns Elephantguide.com. Elephantguide.com is an online travel guide which includes a section facilitating tourism to Burma.
Managing Director
Travel World Media
Court Lodge
Avening, Tetbury
Gloucestershire, GL8 8NY
Email:
The Ultimate Travel Company/Worldwide Journeys & Expeditions
Worldwide Journeys is part of The Ultimate Travel Company. It offers tours to Burma saying there has never been a better time to visit. No mention is made of the military dictatorship.
Nick Van Gruisen
Managing Director
The Ultimate Travel Company
27 Vanston Place
London
SW6 1AZ
Fax: 020 7828 4856
Email:
Voyages to Asia
Voyages to Asia is a travel company organising tours to Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma because it helps fund the regime and gives it legitimacy. Forced and child labour was used to develop many tourist facilities.
Managing Director
Voyages to Asia
89 London Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 1EJ
Email:
William Garvey Furniture
William Garvey is a furniture design and manufacturing company. It uses Burmese teak. Teak exports are an important source of revenue for the regime.
Managing Director
William Garvey Ltd
Leyhill
Payhembury
Honiton
Devon EX14 3JG
Fax: 01404 841626
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Burma Must Beware Of Western Greeks Bearing Christian Gifts!
26.09.2007 17:35
Your correspondent writes:
“I would urge anyone who may be thinking of visiting Burma on holiday to consider carefully whether by their actions they are helping to support the regime and prolong such dreadful abuses.”
I was in such a position about a year ago. I knew there was a lot of American money in Burma and I was assured that it was both safe and advisable to travel to Burma. But I had my doubts, first of all as to whether anyone could enjoy a holiday and, at the same tme, be called to bear witness to a repressive regime. A bit like South Africa in the old days.
The present uprising is, therefore, comes as no great surprise.
Notwithstanding the assistance that Bruma needs at the moment, I would infinitely prefer if Anglo-America and Christian Charities would stay out of Burma. The hawkish politics of these groups is to be utterly distrusted. And in any event, it is imperative that Burma be assisted to solve its own problems (with as much extraneous assistance as possible); but it is absolutely essential that Burma shoulder the revolution within Burmese society -- not least because it forms part of their history, their self-image, their control of Burmese events -- and that such developments are not skewed by way of inebtedness to the West, least of all those international interests I have mentioned.
Seamus Breathnach
www.irish-criminology.com
Seamus Breathnach
e-mail:
sbreathnach@eircom.net
Homepage:
http://WWW.IRISH-CRIMINOLOGY.COM