Free Burma-Boycott Totalcare! Members of All Burma Students Democratic Organization ( Australia) organized a protest action at the Canberra Headquarters of Totalcare that is run by Australian Capitol Territory government, on 9th of April 1999. At the office protest letter was received by the secretary of Mr. Tony Langhorn, Manager of Land and Signs department of Totalcare Industries. Not surprisingly, the request for an urgent meeting with the management was not granted . According to opposition Labor MLA Simon Corbell who supported the ABSDO actions, It is 40, 000 A$ sub-contract project making signs for Burma's freeways, but the fact is that it is government run company. By having this business contract ACT government is virtually supporting the regime that suppress the people of Burma over three decades. He is also expected to take further action after receiving response from Liberal government Chef Minister Kate Carnell over the ACT government ignorant of the gross violation of human rights committed by the military regime. We believe this contract with ACT Liberal government and SPDC regime shows the failure of Australian policy on Burma. In the policy Australian government refuses to adopt any tough actions including Economic sanctions urged by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi the leader of Committee Representing People's Parliament, democracy movement. More protest actions are underway as the ABSDO protest drew local media attention and wider Australian community. ABSDO has launched 'Free Burma- Boycott Totalcare!' Campaign focussing to force the company withdraws from doing business with military regime. If you want to join this campaign please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -On the same day ABSDO handed in an open letter to the Premiers Conference (8-9 April) at the parliament house requesting all Australian states and territory to adopt ' Selective Purchasing Laws' which will ban companies doing business with regime from any contract with the states and territory governments. ABSDO also urge the state political leaders to recognize Committee Representing People's Parliament, CRPP, as the highest authority of people of Burma and its lawful right to convene people's parliament as per 1990 elections. The copies of the letters were sent to representatives of Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party, Australian Democrats, The Greens, respectively. ABSDO Office 1A Vaughan Street, Lidcombe 2141 NSW Australia Phone and fax : 612 96435015 http://members.tripod.com/~thadoe_aung/absdo.html 10th April 1999 Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
