STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1455

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 195
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 195,
submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION

     G.M. No. 195            RUDY MIRANDA, for a term to expire
                             June 30, 2003, and

                             ALFRED WONG, for a term to expire on
                             June 30, 2003,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the resume and other background information
submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that Rudy Miranda
is a part-time teacher at Waimea High School with over thirteen
years of carpentry experience working for Hawaiian Dredging,
Kiewit Pacific and also as a Field Representative for the Hawaii
Carpenters Union, Kauai Division.

     Testimony in support of Rudy Miranda was received from the
Department of Transportation.

     Upon review of the resume and other background information
submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that Alfred Wong
has served as a member of the Commission the past four years.  He
also worked at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for fifty years.


 
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     Testimony in support of Alfred Wong was received from the
Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Mayor
of the County of Kauai, Chairman of the Honolulu City Council,
and two individuals.

     Testimony indicated that Alfred Wong has a long history of
outstanding service and significant contributions at the federal,
state, and local level.  He personally involves himself in aiding
government related projects and has served on the State's
Military Affairs Committee and Judiciary Pay Raise Committee as
well as the Liquor Commission and the Parks and Recreation
Committee of the City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committee believes that the nominees are dedicated to
public service and will be valuable assets to the Commission on
Transportation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration
of the background, character, experience, and qualifications of
the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the
positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate
advise and consent to the nominations.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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