Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 181, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee received testimony in support of Mr. Chu's nomination from the State Representative from the Fourteenth District, the Director of Human Resources Development, the Comptroller, and the Audit Administrator of the Department of Accounting and General Services' Audit Division.

Upon review of the statements submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that the nominee will work with compassion and commitment in serving on the Board of Trustees of the Deferred Compensation Plan. As a supervising auditor in the Department of Accounting and General Services' Audit Division for over fifteen years, the nominee has demonstrated the ability to lead and to carry out the responsibilities of that office. Mr. Chu has also been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Hawaii since 1979. He is a member in good standing of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Government Accountants. Your Committee finds that the nominee has been appointed based upon his credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through his participation on the Board of Trustees of the Deferred Compensation Plan.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, character, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.