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Once the pilot project is complete, we will seek federal funding. The three shipping companies are putting up seed money for the pilot phase of the project. RFID Tracking Technology Savi already produces an electronic system called RFID, or "radio frequency ID," that transmits the exact location of any tagged cargo. Defense Department to track critical cargo shipments around the world. Yet intelligence sources have confirmed that the Chinese army is also very interested in the RFID technology. The owner of Hutchison Whampoa, Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing, is well known to be very close to the Chinese communist government. Li is reportedly in business with Chinese President Jiang Zemin's son, developing properties in Tiananmen Square. For example, Li Ka-Shing is so close to the Chinese government that the Clinton White House gave his bio, along with the bio of the entire top communist Chinese leadership, to the CEO of Loral Aerospace, Bernard Schwartz, just prior to the 1994 Ron Brown trade trip to Beijing. Li was the only civilian in the bios given to the million-dollar DNC donor. He has served as a middleman for PLA satellite purchases. Hughes Corporation and China Hong Kong Satellite (CHINASAT), a company owned by the People's Liberation Army unit COSTIND. Besides buying satellites for the PLA, in 1997 Li Ka-Shing and the Chinese navy nearly obtained four huge roll-on/roll-off container ships from America. These ships were intended to transport PLA military cargo. In an exclusive deal with the People's Republic of China's communist government, Li has the right of first refusal over all PRC ports south of the Yangtze River. Li Ka-Shing has invested more than a billion dollars in China and owns most of the dock space in Hong Kong. Red Chinese Panama Canal Deal Li Ka-Shing currently owns both the Pacific and Atlantic ports on the Panama Canal. According to a 1998 congressional report on Chinese espionage, there is "information" that then-President Clinton did not allow to be made public on COSCO. The Clinton administration has determined that additional information concerning COSCO that appears in the Select Committee's classified Final Report cannot be made public," stated the report that was written by the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. Department of Defense raised national security concerns over the proposed sale. However, Savi received a $35 million investment in June 2002 from a Singapore-based firm just prior to announcing the joint effort with Hutchison. As a speaker at that conference, I urged ridding ports of such crime and rogue government-connected companies not making them the local constabulary. Given the seriousness of what's at stake, it is obvious that this request should be considered seriously and result in full scrutiny of the current holdings and business relationships of Hutchison Whampoa and any history of activity that would raise concerns in relation to any or all of the above issues," said Newark. According to Newark, there are five critical issues at stake: preventing smuggling of drugs, guns and people; Full Scrutiny of Hutchison Whampoa "We need full scrutiny of the principals of Hutchison Whampoa and all of their business- or government-related associations and any history of any activity of them or their associates including links to organized crime and terrorist groups, activities or states supporting the same that would raise concerns to any of the above," stated Newark. I have already been approached to testify, and in light of this alarming development I will now specifically raise this issue and urge our government to ensure the same careful and public scrutiny of this company, its principals and their murky connections as I have here," concluded Newark. We Offer A Unique, 100% Successful, Process Of Debt Relief! Mantis Tiller/Cultivator Americas Favorite Small Tiller.
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