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  Tavoy - LoveToKnow 1911
TAVOY, a town and district in the Tenasserim division of Lower Burma.
The chief rivers are the Tenasserim and Tavoy, the former being farmed by the junction of two streams which unite near Met-ta; for the greater part of its course it is dangerous to navigation.
The Tavoy is navigable for vessels of any burden.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tavoy   (238 words)

  
 Tavoy, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Pictures
Tavoy, town, southeastern Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), capital of Tenasserim Division, a port at the head of the Tavoy River estuary, near the Andaman Sea.
The town is in an area in which rice and timber are produced; iron, tin, and tungsten mines are in the vicinity.
A coastal port of Lower Myanmar, Tavoy is a center for rice-processing and sawmilling industries; for manufacture of silk textiles; and for trade in fish and wood products.
www.greatestcities.com /Asia/Myanmar_formerly_Burma/Tavoy_town.html   (147 words)

  
 Burney Journal
The Court of Siam is informed that Tavoy is inhabited principally by Peguers.
The Commissioner at Tavoy can declare whether this information be correct; but I beg to point out, that the intercourse between the Siamese Capital and Tavoy is much more easy and capable of advantageous commercial results than that with Mergui.
Tavoy abounds in Tin and other productions and the country on its frontiers is rich in sapan and Teak wood while that on the frontiers of Mergui and Tenasserim is stated to be poor, barren and thinly inhabited.
instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /Courses/hist244/BurneyAbrgd.html   (16457 words)

  
 mhrsr03
On September 10, 2003 a platoon from LIB 408 had shot and killed 3 villagers who are on the bamboo rafts in Tavoy river.
The villagers were shot dead while they are trying to stop their bamboo raft as the soldiers ordered them to stop for extortion.
On 9, 2003 a villager from Kyauk Shaat village in Yepyu township, Tavoy district who arrived to Thai side said, in 1991 the LIB 409 had confiscated his 7.3 acres of cashew nut plantation without paying any compensation, to built their battalion Head quarters buildings.
www.karen.org /refugees/humanrights/Info03/Sept03.htm   (1476 words)

  
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A Mon man with jacket, Monland is very cold.) James Fahn went to observe Mon National Day celebration, Burma's Tavoy district last week and got a lesson in History Throughout the whole length of its history, the kingdom of Burma has suffered from one chronic draw back: the heterogeneous nature of its population...........
It's isolated from the rest of Burma by mountains with forests so thick their life in Thailand can only be found in the national park.
The Mon people have traditionally preferred to live as farmers and fishermen along the coastal plain, and today remain concentrated along the Martaban coast in Burma, according to Nai Hong Sa, an NMSP official.
www.albany.edu /~gb661/mons.txt   (2749 words)

  
 Field Reports: Mergui-Tavoy District
Ye Pyu township is north of Tavoy and includes the western portion of the proposed gas pipeline route.
Laung Lone Township is between Tavoy and the Andaman Sea coast to the west, Tavoy Township includes Tavoy Town and areas east of it, and Thayet Chaung Township is south of Tavoy.
Since the beginning of June, units under Strategic Command #1 have arrested villagers in Thayet Chaung, Laung Lone, Tavoy and Ye Pyu townships to be forced porters for their rainy season offensive against KNU 4th Brigade area.
www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg95/khrg9525.html   (6387 words)

  
 Dick Rossi of the AVG, part 2
After a bombing raid that night and a couple of intercept flights which turned out to be false alarms, I was scheduled to go on an escort mission on the morning of 19 January.
Very soon I emerged from the fog bank and came out into bright sunlight with the coast a short distance ahead, the RAF plane to my left was just a short distance ahead, but there were no other planes in sight.
Thinking they were heading for their field in Tavoy, I gave chase hoping to sneak up on them, but after five minutes I was able to identify them as British Hurricanes.
home.att.net /~C.C.Jordan/Rossi-AVG2.html   (3105 words)

  
 Rehmonnya.org
One of the local young man from Tavoy Town said that even though the authorities and military commanders explained about the foreign invasion, he did not believe and all the government’s activities were for only to prevent any pro-democracy struggle in the future.
In Tenasserim Division, Tavoy Town is the capital city and it is a well known district town and it has many Mon, Karen and Tavoyan villages under its administration.
While many villagers were attending the training schools and the local battalions were busy with training, they also forced the remaining villagers to guard for the security of their own areas.
www.rehmonnya.org /report_detail.php?ID=4   (5846 words)

  
 The Ye-Tavoy Railway
The railway is approximately 110 miles long, and as usual with all of the SLORC's "regional development projects", every inch of it is being built at gunpoint, entirely by the enforced slave labour of villagers.
Estimates are that over 20,000 people have already been enslaved on a rotating shift basis from hundreds of villages between Ye and Tavoy, as well as from the two towns themselves and other villages far beyond the reach of the railway.
For example, near Tavoy they seem to be building one line on each side of the north-to-south flowing Tavoy River, and possibly a third parallel line further east.
www.khrg.org /khrg94/94_04_13.html   (10563 words)

  
 Sarah Hall Boardman Judson - Worldwide Missions
Boardman was regarded by the English residents, "as the most finished and faultless specimen of an American woman that they had ever known." She was of medium stature, and had a fine form, a soft blue eye, and a lovely face.
Boardman himself became a victim to the climate, and died, February 11, 1831.
In April, 1834, she became the second wife of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D.D. She now entered on a career of eminent usefulness as the fitting companion of her distinguished husband; aiding him in his translations of the Scriptures, the Pilgrim's Progress, religious tracts, and devotional poetry.
www.wholesomewords.org /missions/bjudsonsarah2.html   (421 words)

  
 Irrawaddy.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
September 21, 2001-Two Burmese soldiers and two civilians were killed in the Tenasserim Division of southern Burma last week when an unidentified group ambushed a passenger bus that was being safeguarded by military troops, according to sources in the Tenasserim Division.
The attack occurred near the village of Mayang Chaung on the Tavoy-Yae highway on September 14th as the bus was making its way to Rangoon from Tavoy.
The group reportedly fired on the soldiers with both machine guns and grenade launchers.
www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=3471&print=yes&c=e   (229 words)

  
 mhrsr03
On 28 September 2003 the police supreme headquarters from Rangoon ordered the whole country's police stations that they must investigate the places where the15th anniversary of NLD had been celebrated and to report who have been attended and who served as facilitators.
Those who unable to serve in forced labour duty has to hire a person on his behalf and those who had no money to pay for various extortions were forced to serve as military porter to the frontline.
A man from Chaung Wabyin village in Theyetchaung Township, Tavoy district, Tenasserim division who arrived to Thai-Burma border on 14 October 2003 said that he and other villagers who live on "mangrove palm" plantations have to pay heavy taxes to SPDC's township authorities every year.
www.karen.org /refugees/humanrights/Info03/October03.htm   (2324 words)

  
 Southeast Asian History-Burma Part 2
He started by pushing south to the Irrawaddy delta in 1535; Pegu was surrounded, but not taken until 1539, thanks to a Portuguese ship that aided the defenders.
His invasion of Siam in 1547-48 went as planned until he reached the walls of Ayutthaya, where his 180 Portuguese gunners met their match in the 50 Portuguese gunners hired by Siam.
Two years later the Burmese governor of Chiangmai had to request Siamese aid to stop an invasion from Laos, and Naresuen gave it on condition that the governor switch his allegiance to Siam.
www.guidetothailand.com /thailand-history/burma2.htm   (1106 words)

  
 The Sacrifice Gatherers of Tarq
Karn'age was busy in Tavoy, further establishing the reign which will provide the blood and sacrifices for Tarq.
Not a cent was spared in the effort as many new irrigation ditches were dug and a beautiful new public bath was built.
Once that was completed, he moved on to Tavoy and talked with the fellow Tarq there.
www.throneworld.com /lords/lote91/reference/ID027.htm   (1773 words)

  
 Burmanet » Bangkok Post: Nesac studying Burma townships - Anucha Charoenpo
The National Economic and Social Advisory Council (Nesac) is making a feasibility study of tourism and fisheries investment in Burma’s Tavoy and Mergui townships, opposite the western provinces of Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi.
Tavoy and Mergui were within 150km of the Thai border.
The Nesac committee members had recently made a study trip to Tavoy and Mergui and concluded Tavoy had a high potential for tourism because of its abundant natural resources and Mergui was suited to the fishery industry.
www.burmanet.org /news/2006/07/10/bangkok-post-nesac-studying-burma-townships-anucha-charoenpo   (459 words)

  
 Democratic Voice of Burma
DVB has learned that at least one person was killed and several more were wounded when a bomb exploded around midnight in Tavoy on 28 June.
A Tavoy resident who does not want to be identified told DVB that U Tun Yi, member of the Ward PDC, was seriously wounded in the blast and taken to a hospital but succumbed to his wounds on reaching the hospital...
Although the MI has attributed the blast to the insurgents the Tavoy townspeople believed it was an attempt by the MI personnel to instil fear among the local residents by creating such incidents.
english.dvb.no /news.php?id=1391   (234 words)

  
 Myanmar Travel - Tanintharyi Division
The capital of the division is Tavoy (Dawei).
The division is sub-divided into 5 districts: Amherst, Mergui, Tavoy.
As the previous capital Moulmain is in the Mon state, the capital of Tenasserim was moved to Tavoy.
www.myanmarmtetours.com /tanintharyi_divsion.htm   (357 words)

  
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The cost of a ticket from Tavoy to Yay Phu by private bus was also 10 Kyat before the railroad was build in this area.
The prisoner labors from 30 mile camp have worked for necessary stones and rocks for the bridges which located along the railroad and the cars owned by the local people were used to carry those stones and rocks by the Slorc's army.
During her study, she has stayed in Lanzon Gyi ward in Tavoy by the arrangement of the Slorc.
www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/1995/bnn092695.txt   (3532 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Tavoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Tavoy Mission: With incidents of missionary life, from Mrs.
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of Myanmar - eg, Dawei (Tavoy) or Yangon (Rangoon) - by...
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 Tavoy - Wikipedia
Tavoy (birmanisch Tavai) ist eine Hafenstadt im südlichen Myanmar (Birma) und die Hauptstadt der Tenasserim-Division.
Tavoy liegt an der Mündung des gleichnamigen Flusses, der hier als Ästuar in die Andamanensee strömt. Die Stadt liegt inmitten einer ländlichen Gegend, in der Reisanbau und Edelholzschlag betrieben wird.
Tavoy bildet das Zentrum für die Reisverarbeitung und die Sägeindustrie im südlichen Myanmar.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tavoy   (106 words)

  
 TWU
During the time of these struggles, the “Tavoy Market Union” led by Tavoyan women in the Tavoy area of Tenasserim Division was well-known.
Due to the government’s oppression, TDWU could not stay overground and went underground along with the CPB (Tavoy District) and left for remote areas.
We, the TWU will maintain the historical role of the great Tavoy women's movement and will work for democracy and peace and a genuine union where equal opportunity and unity of all ethnic nationalities exist, along with other ethnic and democratic forces and women's organizations from Burma.
www.womenofburma.org /twu.htm   (353 words)

  
 Democratic Voice of Burma
The SPDC authorities held a coordination meeting in Tavoy, Tenasserim Division, at the end of last month and discussed military operations in Tenasserim Division and Mon and Karen States.
The meeting was held at No 1 Tactical Command Headquarters in Tavoy and the military operation will include two attack columns and one logistics support and reserve column.
The regions targeted are southeastern Karen State border region, eastern Mon State border region, and eastern and northeastern border regions of Tavoy District in Tenasserim Division.
english.dvb.no /news.php?id=1575   (179 words)

  
 Rehmonnya.org
These battalions deployed and took the positions along Ye — Tavoy motor road, in Mon and Tavoyan villages along the seacoast, in the strategic villages where the proposed ‘Yatana' gas pipeline passed through.
After they burning down, the house owners and neighbors were forced to clean the damages, so that when the villagers came to the house in the morning they did not know what were happening to the house.
LIB No.408 was a battalion that taking responsibility for security of Yadana Gas Pipeline that transferring gas from Kanbauk area, Tavoy District to Thailand, together with another 9 battalions of Burmese Army in the area.
www.rehmonnya.org /report_detail.php?ID=17   (5242 words)

  
 Mergui and Tavoy in Myanmar Information, A-One-Diving Ranong diving daytrips and Liveaboard to Burma and Thailand ...
Mergui and Tavoy in Myanmar Information, A-One-Diving Ranong diving daytrips and Liveaboard to Burma and Thailand (English)
Tavoy was quite famous in Burmese and their counterpart Thai's history.
The city is not so busy as Mergui and their dressing style are more simple burmese style than the people from Mergui.
a-one-diving.com /English/Tavoy.html   (253 words)

  
 Sarah Hall Boardman Judson - Worldwide Missions
She married George Dana Boardman in 1825, and in the same year went out to [Burmah] with him as a missionary.
At their mission at Tavoy they encountered great difficulties and discouragements, and for six years she heroically endured hardships and sufferings.
In 1831, on the death of her husband, she was left alone in a strange and unfriendly country.
www.wholesomewords.org /missions/bjudsonsarah.html   (176 words)

  
 Tanintharyi Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The division is sub-divided into 5 districts: Amherst, Mergui, Tavoy, Thaton, Toungoo.
In 1974 Mon State was created, taking the northwestern part of Tenasserim.
As the previous capital Moulmein is in the Mon state, the capital of Tenasserim was moved to Tavoy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tanintharyi_Division   (287 words)

  
 Burma: Japan vs. the Flying Tigers, December 1941 (part 1)
Dec 9, 1941: The JAAF 10th Hikodan--equivalent to a USAAF wing--moves to central Thailand so as to keep an eye on the bases at Mergui, Tavoy, and Moulmein in Burma, occasionally attacking these airfields with several aircraft.
Dec 17: 10th Hikodan reconnaissance aircraft report the presence of 19 enemy fighters, 20 light bombers, and 5 heavy bombers at Rangoon; 10 heavy bombers at Toungoo; and 5 fighters at at a field 55 kilometers southeast of Tavoy.
The same afternoon, the reconnaissance planes of the 70th Independent Chutai scout southern Burma and report that the enemey has 11 medium bombers based at Toungoo; 2 large, 16 mid-sized, and 13 small planes at Rangoon; none at Moulmein; 6 small and 2 large planes at Tavoy; and 1 large plane at Mergui.
www.warbirdforum.com /rangoon1.htm   (862 words)

  
 [No title]
It covered the period in action, capitulation, Changi, Tavoy in southern Burma and the Burma-Thailand Railway.
The records include admissions to Tavoy hospital, lists of rations at Tavoy and on the Burma -Thailand Railway and reports on the increase of cholera and malaria in the camps.
Infection rates of various diseases and rations at Tavoy and on the Thai-Burma railway, 1942-43.
www.awm.gov.au /findingaids/process.asp?collection=private&item=rowley   (1836 words)

  
 Plans to Turn Ban Bong Tee in Kanchanaburi Into a Commercial Border Pass
connecting Bong Tee with a deep-sea port in Tavoy, south of Burma.
Designated within the seaboard area are the Tavoy sea port and three main
Tavoy, for the continuing phase of the production.
forests.org /archive/asia/Road2Rui.htm   (681 words)

  
 SLORC Orders to Villages: Set 96-C, Ye-Tavoy Railway, Dooplaya District
The route-finding team from Tavoy for Ye-Tavoy railway construction will come and search in our village tracts on (5-8-95).
When this team arrives in our village tracts, we have to clear the bushes.
Each village tract must provide (50) labourers with their tools to help them to do their work.
www.khrg.org /khrg96/khrg9622.html   (1657 words)

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