STAND. COM. REP. 1220

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.C.R. No. 79

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on International Affairs and Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 79 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE-PROVINCE RELATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PROVINCE OF THUA THIEN-HUE OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to expand economic and cultural ties between Hawaii and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) by requesting the Governor to take all necessary actions to establish a sister-state affiliation with the Province of Thua Thien-Hue in Vietnam.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, City and County of Honolulu, East-West Center, The Directions Corporation, Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce, Group 70 International, Inc., Grand Pacific Resources, and a concerned citizen supported this measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on International Affairs and Economic Development and Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 79 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on International Affairs and Economic Development and Business Concerns,

 

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BRIAN SCHATZ, Chair

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HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair