STAND. COM. REP. NO. ________-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 135
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 135 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
     ESTABLISHMENT OF A SISTER STATE-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
     STATE OF HAWAII AND THE PROVINCE OF YUNNAN OF THE PEOPLE'S
     REPUBLIC OF CHINA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this House Concurrent Resolution is to
approve and authorize the establishment of a sister state
relationship between the State of Hawaii and the Province of
Yunnan of the People's Republic of China.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; the
University of Hawaii Community Colleges; the Chinese Chamber of
Commerce; the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; the Nature
Conservancy; and the Association of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

     Your committee finds that by establishing a sister state
relationship between Hawaii and the Province of Yunnan will
foster and strengthen our ties with China, creating tremendous
economic opportunities for Hawaii's businesses.






 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Changing the title of the concurrent resolution to
          request the establishment of a sister state
          relationship between the State of Hawaii and the
          Province of Yunnan of the People's Republic of China,
          and deleting the words "approving and authorizing"; and 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantiative changes for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     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
H.C.R. No. 135, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 135, H.D. 1.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair