STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1968_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 110
                                     S.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 110, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE HAWAII
     COUNCIL OF HERITAGE AND CULTURE CONSIDER A MONTH-LONG
     CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF HAWAII'S DIVERSE CULTURES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that
the Hawaii Council of Heritage and Culture consider a month-long
celebration in honor of Hawaii's diverse cultures.

     The Hawaii Tourism Authority submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that by honoring Hawaii's diverse
cultures we can learn to value the differences in ethnicity and
foster racial tolerance.  A month-long celebration will allow
each culture to better understand each other's culture's rich
traditions.

     Your Committee also finds that a month-long celebration will
help Hawaii's tourism industry by promoting the uniqueness of
Hawaii's multi-ethnic cultures.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Culture and the Arts that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 110, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Culture and the
                                   Arts,



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                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair