STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3464

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 97
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 97 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE HAWAII
     PSYCHIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION'S INTEREST IN HAVING A
     FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC
     ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support the
Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association's interest in having a
future annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in
Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Convention Center could
be developed into a much sought after convention site for
medium-sized professional associations.  It is centrally located
between downtown and Waikiki, and as a central place in the
Pacific, is  easily accessible to island nations and Pacific rim
countries.

     Your Committee also finds that specialized professions like
psychiatry, dentistry, travel tour operators, realtors, and the
like can benefit from a gentle nudge to consider Honolulu's
Convention Center for future conventions.  Often these groups

 
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simply have not considered Honolulu as a site with all the
amenities of other big cities.

     In this case, your Committee finds that extending an
invitation to the American Psychiatric Association could be a
major boost for the Convention Center and the addition of another
professional group in what, hopefully, will become a long line of
professional groups selecting Hawaii as a site for conventions
and meetings.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 97,
and recommends its adoption.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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