Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1942 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a commission to plan the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the arrival of the first Filipinos to Hawaii.

The Congress of Visayan Organizations, United Filipino Council of Hawaii, Big Island Filipino Community Council, Oahu Filipino Community Council, and Ilocos Surian Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that members of the Filipino community have contributed significantly and substantially to Hawaii. Your Committee further finds that since the arrival of the first Filipinos to Hawaii in 1906, the rich culture and proud heritage of the Filipino people have been and continue to be a positive influence upon life in 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1942 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.