Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 24 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request Hawaii's Governor, or his designee, to take all necessary actions to establish a sister-state affiliation with the Province of Thua Thien-Hue of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce, Association of Chinese From Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, Directions, Inc., The Limtiaco Company, University of Hawaii, PacMar, Inc. M&D International, DaleCo Inc., TAF International, Inc., Pacific Affairs Associates, Grand Pacific Resources, and a citizen of Hawaii

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 24 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns.