STAND. COM. REP. 876

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.C.R. No. 52

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 52 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SISTER STATE-PREFECTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE EHIME PREFECTURE OF JAPAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to authorize the establishment of a sister state-prefecture relationship between Hawaii and the Ehime prefecture of Japan.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Winter Baseball, Babe Ruth Baseball of Hawaii, Hiroshima-Hawaii Baseball Club, and two individuals testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

Your Committee finds that the tragic accident involving the Ehime Maru training ship has brought the residents of Hawaii and the Ehime prefecture closer together. Your Committee further finds that the establishment of a sister state-prefecture relationship will encourage economic, cultural, and educational exchanges between Hawaii and the Ehime prefecture.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Correcting the date of the Ehime Maru accident to February 9, 2001;

(2) Providing that this state-prefecture relationship shall continue until July 1, 2008; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 52, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 52, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on International Affairs,

 

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HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair