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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

CONGRATULATING AND RECOGNIZING THE 2000 MISS CHINATOWN HAWAII,
   JENNIFER LIN HONG, AND HER COURT, FIRST PRINCESS DENBY
   ANNETTE KWAI FOONG DUNG AND SECOND PRINCESS RENE BAO SIM
   WONG, WINNERS OF THE 2000 MISS CHINATOWN HAWAII SCHOLARSHIP
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 1       WHEREAS, from the roots of the Chinese immigrants who
 2   arrived in Hawaii more than 200 years ago, the Miss Chinatown
 3   Hawaii Scholarship Pageant has grown to become one of Hawaii's
 4   foremost Chinese cultural event; and
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 6       WHEREAS, founded in 1958 by the San Francisco Chinese
 7   Chamber of Commerce, the Miss Chinatown Pageants celebrates the
 8   beauty and strength of the Chinese culture, culminating in the
 9   selection of Miss Chinatown USA; and
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11       WHEREAS, the Miss Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship Pageant,
12   Inc. was created in 1990 to administer the scholarship pageant
13   with the dedication of both the Chinatown Merchants Association
14   and the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees; and
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16       WHEREAS, endowed with intelligence, dynamic personalities,
17   and radiant beauty, on September 18, 1999, JENNIFER LIN HONG
18   was crowned Queen at the 2000 Miss Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship
19   Pageant, and selected as members of her court, First Princess
20   DENBY ANNETTE KWAI FOONG DUNG and Second Princess RENE BAO SIM
21   WONG, thereby deserving of the special recognition for their
22   talents, abilities, and achievements; now, therefore,
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24       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
25   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
26   of 2000, that this body hereby recognizes and congratulates the
27   2000 Miss Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship Pageant Queen JENNIFER
28   HONG and members of her court, First Princess DENBY ANNETTE
29   KWAI FOONG DUNG and Second Princess RENE BAO SIM WONG, and
30   extends to them its warmest  aloha and best wishes for
31   continued success in all future endeavors. 
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