[mobglob-discuss] (No Games 2010 Coalition) Gerhard Heiberg & 2010 bid corruption

[Bella]

PRESS RELEASE: May 28, 2003

Gerhard Heiberg, chair of the 2010 IOC Winter Olympic bid evaluation
commission and Norwegian businessman. The question is - which hat was
Mr. Heiberg wearing when he steeped off the plane at YVR Vancouver
International Airport this past March to begin his IOC 2010 host city
evaluation?

Career history:
Guardian Packaging Corp., California, Assistant Controller 1963-64
Norsk Hydro A/S, Oslo, Market Research 1964-66
Borregaard A.S, Paris, Sales of pulp and paper, 1966
Borregaard A.S, Salzburg, Vice President of Sales, Pulp and paper
products, 1966-72
A/S Norcem, Vice President 1972-73, President 1973-86 
Aker Norcem A/S, President 1986-87
Aker a.s, President 1988-89, Chairman 1989-96
Lillehammer Winter Olympics '94, President & C.E.O., 1989-94
Lillehammer Paralympics '94, President & C.E.O., 1989-94
Norscan Partners AS, Partner, 1994-
Directorships: 
Den norske Bank ASA, Chairman (1996-1999)
Norwegian Trade Council, Chairman (1996-1999)
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA
Nefinsa, SA, Valencia
IESE, Barcelona
Scandinavian Equity Partners Limited, Stockholm, Senior Partner
Nordic Advisory Board of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Board Member
Memberships of Corporate Assemblies/Stockholders' Committees
ABB AS
In March, 2002 a merger took place between Kværner and its largest
shareholder, Aker Maritime to form Aker Kvaerner. Following was a
shuffle of Kvaerner’s Board whereby former Aker Chair, Gerhard Heiberg,
and Kjell Inge Rokke, Chairman of Kvaerner ASA were appointed as the
Board nominating committee. Presumably, Mr. Heiberg stiil has a
considerable interest in the affairs of Aker Kvaerner.

Aker Kvaerner’s business activities in Canada and in particular BC, are
substantial.

1)   Chemetics, a division of Aker Kvaerner Canada Inc.
Visit Addr:	1818 Cornwall Avenue
Postal Addr:	1818 Cornwall Avenue
City:	Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1C7
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 604 734 1200
Telefax:	+1 604 734 0340
E-Mail:	john.nelson at kvaerner.com
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/chemetics/
Processes for sodium chlorate, chlorine dioxide, chloralkali, calcium
hypochlorite, sulphuric acid, acid recovery, pollution control, and
mill information management systems for the pulp and paper industries. 
2)  Kvaerner Chemetics Inc-Chemetics Equipment
Visit Addr:	One Corcorde Gate
Postal Addr:	Suite 704 One Concorde Gate
City:	Don Mills Ontario M3C 3N6
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 416 447 5541
Telefax:	+1 416 391 1637
E-Mail:	robert.vanderland at kvaerner.com
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/other/pulp/
Design and fabrication of proprietary sulphuric acid equipment
including anodically protected acid coolers, gas-to-gas exchangers,
distributors, towers and piping. ASME equipment design and fabrication
for oil and gas, pulp and paper and chemical plants. 
3)  Kvaerner Constructors Ltd - (Hamilton)
Visit Addr:	665 Parkdale Avenue North
Postal Addr:	PO Box 337
City:	Hamilton Ontario L8N 3 H1
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 905 547 2501
Telefax:	+1 905 547 5367
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/EandC
Provides construction services in heavy and light industry. 
4)  Kvaerner E&C - (Toronto)
Visit Addr:	Suite 300, 480 University Avenue
Postal Addr:	Suite 300, 480 University Avenue
City:	Toronto M5G IV2 Ontario
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 416 340 1145
Telefax:	+1 416 343 9300
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/EandC
Provides mainly non-ferrous metals technology to the north American and
worldwide marketplaces. 
5)  Kvaerner Jaddco - (Burlington)
Visit Addr:	3196 Mainway
Postal Addr:	3196 Mainway
City:	Burlington, Ontario L7M 1 A5
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 905 335 5440
Telefax:	+1 905 335 5424
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/EandC
Provides construction services in heavy and light industry 
6)  Kvaerner Masa Marine, a division of Kvaerner Canada Inc.
Visit Addr:	Suite 207 - 1525 West 8th Avenue
Postal Addr:	Suite 207 - 1525 West 8th Avenue
City:	Vancouver British Columbia V6J 1T5
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 604 736 8711
Telefax:	+1 604 738 4410
E-Mail:	postmaster at kmmc.net
Consulting services in the field of naval architecture, marine
engineering and shipyard technology. 
7) Kvaerner Oilfield Products - Canada
Visit Addr:	9515 - 51 Avenue
Postal Addr:	9515 - 51 Avenue
City:	Edmonton, Alberta T6E 4W8
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 780 436 4450
Telefax:	+1 780 438 0867
E-Mail:	kopc.sales at kvaerner.com
Manufacture, sales and service of wellheads and valves. 
8)  Kvaerner Process Systems 
Visit Addr:	100 1209 59th Avenue S E
Postal Addr:	Box 19
City:	Calgary Alberta T2H 2P6
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 403 640 4230
Telefax:	+1 403 252 1186
E-Mail:	sales.kpsc at akerkvaerner.com
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/kps
Delivery of process equipment onshore and offshore. This includes:
separation of oil and gas, gas conditioning, gas processing, crude
dehydration and desalting, water injection/conditioning systems,
heating, ancillary systems. 
9)  Kvaerner Pulping - a division of Kvaerner Canada Inc
Visit Addr:	1818 Cornwall Avenue
Postal Addr:	1818 Cornwall Avenue
City:	Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1C7
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 604 734 1200
Telefax:	+1 604 734 0340
E-Mail:	currie.doug at traf.com
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/other/pulp/

10)  Kvaerner Pulping Ltd
Visit Addr:	1818 Cornwall Avenue
Postal Addr:	1818 Cornwall Avenue
City:	Vancouver, BC V6J 1C7
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 604 730 4300
Telefax:	+1 604 734 0340
Homepage:	http://www.kvaerner.com/other/pulp/
Sales and service office for Kvaerner Pulping Inc 
11)  Kvaerner QTC Division of Kvaerner Canada Inc.
Visit Addr:	55 Benjamin-Hudon
Postal Addr:	55 Benjamin-Hudon
City:	St.-Laurent Quebec H4N 1H7
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 514 331 7720
Telefax:	+1 514 331 5546
E-Mail:	kqtc at aei.ca
Homepage:	http://www.akerkvaerner.com/fiberline
Service on fibreline equipment, pulping CORE 1&2 product manufacturer,
nuclear equipment manfacturer, hydropower equipment manufacturer 
12)  Kvaerner SNC-Lavalin Offshore
Visit Addr:	1133 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, NF
Postal Addr:	1133 Topsail Road, P.O. Box 487, Mount Pearl, NF
City:	A1N 5G2
Country:	Canada
Telephone:	+1 709 368 4198
Telefax:	+1 709 368 0158
Homepage:	
Oil & Gas related engineering and construction management operation
incorporating the resources of Kvaerner Hydrocarbons and SNC Lavalin.
Operation includes early study capability through FEED/detailed
engineering, subsea engineering, procurement, construction and project
management. 


Mr. Heiberg may have purported to be witnessing British Columbia for
the first time during his evaluation visit in March, however, one would
naturally assume that he may be more familiar with the territory than
he appeared, considering his vast business interests on this soil.

Kvaerner has a long history of business ties with the shipbuilding and
shipyard industry in BC. The company designed BC’s ferries, operates
shipyards and commissioned by the Province to examine the viability of
shipbuilding in BC. Their recommendation included the offshore
contracting of future shipbuilding to Korea at a purported 30%
cost-savings in lieu of BC shipbuilding labThe net result - $1 billion
potential labour loss to BC shipbuilders.

Of particular note is the growing relationship between Aker Kvaerner
and Li Ka-shing’s international corporate empire. Kvaerner was recently
awarded a $400 million contract for the floating platform with Li’s
Husky Energy offshore drilling project on the east coast.   Kvaerner’s 
 Hong Kong-based associate, Gammon Construction, was awarded a US$18
million contract for an excavation and foundations project with Li’s
Match Power Investments Limited of Cheung Kong for a proposed
residential development in Kowloon. 

The Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Bid Committee is curiously loaded with Li
Ka-shing support. Both the current and former Chairs of the Li/Hui
Concord Pacific Group are 2010 Bid Board Members – David McLean and
Stanley Tun-li Kwok.  Mr. Kwok is Principal, Stanley Kwok Consultants
Inc. and Development Consultant for the South East Shore of False
Creek. He is also a Director of Li Ka-Shing's Cheung Kong (Holdings)
Limited (The Cheung Kong Group operates in 41 countries and employs
over 163,000 staff worldwide with a combined market capitalization of
HK$439 billion as at January 31, 2003). Kwok is Director, Amara
International Investment Corporation (a Vancouver-based private company
specializing in real estate investment and in locating Asian
partnerships for projects). His additional Directorships include: 

Li Ka-shing's companies: Omnipoint Corporation, priceline.com
Incorporated, VoiceStream Wireless Corporation, Western Wireless
Corporation, Global Crossing Ltd., Breakaway Solutions Inc. and Husky
Energy Inc. (Husky Board Members also include: Stanley's wife Eva,
Terry Hui, President and CEO of Concord Pacific Group Inc., Martin
Glynn President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of HSBC Bank
and Victor Li, son of Li Ka-shing & Managing Director and Deputy
Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited Canada). 

Bank Director positions include: Bank of Montreal and CTC Bank of
Canada. 

Additionally, he is a Joint Venture Partner with TYBA Group Inc and
Dong Ah Construction Industrial of Seoul, South Korea in the Crystal
Project , a CAN$200 million development in suburban Vancouver that also
includes 55,000 square feet of office space, a 210,000 square-foot
retail area, a 22,500 square-foot conference center and a 218-unit
residential complex.
HSBC (of which Li Ka-shing is a Principal and Director) is aptly
represented on the Bid Board by Eric Major, Director, HSBC Capital
(Canada) Inc. and Milton Wong, Chair, HSBC Asset Management Canada Ltd.
(responsible for assets of $4 billion at HSBC). HSBC purchased M.K.
Wong & Associates to form HSBC Asset Management Canada Ltd. Merrill
Lynch Canada (reportedly owned by Thomas Fung, Fairchild Group) is
represented on the Bid Board by Guy Savard, Vice-Chair & Chair, Quebec
Operations, Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. 
Merrill Lynch International is reportedly owned by Li Ka-shing and
Thomas Fung.
Bid Board Member, Ms. France Chrétien-Desmarais is daughter of the
Honourable Jean Chretien, Prime Minister of Canada. 
Mr. Chretien, was from 1986 to 1990 a Senior Advisor with Gordon
Capital Corporation in Montreal. 
Gordon Capital is principally owned by Richard Li (Li Ka-Shing's son)
Gordon Capital owns HSBC Securities. 

Ms. Chretien-Desmarais husband is Andre Desmarais, President and
Co-Chief Executive Officer of the family-owned Power Corporation of
Canada 
Power Corporation of Canada is a diversified management and holding
company. Power Corporation of Canada has holdings in leading financial
services and the communications sector. 

Through its European-based affiliate Pargesa group, Power Corporation
holds significant positions in major media, energy, water, waste
services, and specialty minerals companies. Power Corporation also has
diversified interests in Asia. 

Power Financial Corporation is a diversified management and holding
company with interests in the financial services industry in North
America. Its Europe-based Pargesa group, holds significant positions in
major media, energy, water, waste services, and specialty minerals
companies. 

Great-West Lifeco Inc.: The Great-West Life Assurance Company, London
Life Insurance Company, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company.
Investors Group Inc. is one of Canada's leading financial services
companies with over $41.6 billion in assets under management and a
network of 3,400 consultants. 

Mackenzie Financial Corporation is an integrated financial services
company whose core business is the management of mutual funds in
Canada, with $33.4 billion in assets under management, and distribution
relationship with over 37,000 independent financial advisers. Pargesa
Holding S.A. holds significant positions in a selected number of large
companies based in Europe. These companies operate in strategic
industries including media, energy, public utilities and specialty
minerals. 

Gesca Ltée holds a 100 per cent interest in the Montreal daily
newspaper La Presse and six other daily newspapers in the province of
Quebec and Ontario. 

Power Corporation of Canada is a partner with Li Ka-shing in CITIC
Pacific Limited (China's largest diversified Hong Kong-traded company.
Its activities are concentrated in four main areas: infrastructure,
trading and distribution, real estate and industrial manufacturing).
Mr. Desmarais is a Director and/or Member of the Board of: Great-West
Lifeco Inc., Investors Group Inc., London Insurance Group Inc., Pargesa
Holding S.A., Groupe Bruxelles-Lambert S.A., Bertelsmann A.G. Mr
Desmarais is also a Director of CITIC Pacific Ltd. and Bombardier Inc.

In addition, Mr. Desmarais is Chairman of the Canada China Business
Council; Member of the International Advisory Council of CITIC; Member
of the Trilateral Commission; Member of the Chairman's International
Advisory Council of the Americas Society; Member of the Business
Council on National Issues and Member of diverse foundations and trusts
in Canada and a Member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of
International Advisers (The CECIA advises the Chief Executive from an
international perspective on strategic issues pertinent to the
long-term development of Hong Kong).

As mentioned, Ms. Chretien Desmarais' husband Andre is a Director of
Bombardier Inc. 

Also on the 2010 Games Bid Board is Mr. Laurent Beaudoin, Chair,
Bombardier Inc. Bombardier stands to gain significantly from their
supply of the $1.5 billion to $2 billion Vancouver/Richmond Rapid
Transit line proposed by the 2010 Bid Corp.

Bid Board Member, Arthur Griffiths was Chair of Public Consultation,
Rapid Transit Project 2000. 

The present rapid transit line was built to accommodate Expo'86.

Is it ironic that Bombardier is so aptly represented on the Bid Board
and stands to pick up a multi-billion contract for the proposed
Vancouver/Richmond line (as they did with Expo'86)?

Is it a coincidence that Premier Campbell has just announced the need
to privatize BC Rail and the Games Bid Board includes: David McLean,
Chair, CN Rail; Peter Armstrong, President & CEO, Great Canadian
Railtour Company Ltd. And Rick Antonson, Former Vice President of Great
Canadian Railtour Company Ltd.? Do you think that just maybe, some of
these characters just might be on the receiving end of BC Rail’s
privitization?

Out Liberal Government is intent on lifting the moratorium on offshore
drilling – will Husky Energy and Kvaerner by chance duplicate their
billion-dollar drilling project off BC’s shores? Li’s Cheung Kong Group
now owns Stuart Energy (Hydrogen) – are they part of the energy plans?

Li’s partner, Thomas Fung of Fairchild Group coincidentally announced
that he will now build his new mall and hotel conveniently located near
the new RAV line – just weeks prior to the Provincial project
announcement. Great Canadian Casinos are presently relocating to a much
larger casino operation near the YVR Airport. Maybe they know the RAV
is coming? 
$3 million in geo-technical surveys are underway along the proposed
Cambie line – prior to final approval. Vancouver City Council has spent
hundreds of thousands of dollars re-zoning the Convention Centre lands
prior to approval.  2010 Bid Corp.  Chair, Jack Poole has been actively
promoting the Convention Centre – curious considering his Concert
Properties received more than $50 million from taxpayers money years
ago for the project (without a signed contract with the Province) with
which his firm abandoned midway.   

The Convention Centre lands recently purchased from Li’s Marathon
Realty and Fairmont Hotels.

Gee, I wonder if Gerhard may have some ulterior motivation to choose
Vancouver/Whistler as the 2010 Host City? After all, the IOC and
Kvaerner have nothing to lose, and perhaps a great deal to gain. The BC
taxpayers on the other hand have everything lose- once our Premier
committed the Province to underwrite any and all financial losses.

For further information contact:
Chris Shaw
NO GAMES 2010 Coalition
604-875-4111, ext 68373
csshawlab at hotmail.com

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