STAND. COM. REP. NO. 871-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.R. No. 8
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Legislative Management and International Affairs, to which were referred H.R. No. 8 entitled:
"HOUSE RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE SPIRIT OF HAWAII GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP COASTAL KOREA VISIT AND URGING THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT JAE KWON LEE AND JONATHAN COWLES ON THEIR JOURNEY TO NORTH KOREA,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this resolution is to endorse and support the Spirit of Hawaii Goodwill and Friendship Coastal Korea Visit and urge the North Korean Government to support Jae Kwon Lee and Jonathan Cowles on their journey to North Korea.
The United Korean Association of Hawaii, the Korean Sports Association of Hawaii, the Korean Friendship Association, and concerned citizens testified in support this resolution.
The Spirit of Hawaii Goodwill and Friendship Coastal Korea, submitted written testimony in support of this measure.
Congressman Ed Case submitted written comments on this measure.
Your Committees find that the efforts made by Jonathan Cowles and Jae Kwon Lee will promote greater understanding between the United States and Korea. This is an historic project that will:
(1) Enhance economic ties, relations, and mutual understanding between the United States and Korea;
(2) Support and enhance stability on the Korean Peninsula, as well as peaceful reconciliation, and propriety;
(3) Improve the public relations image of the United States in Korea while at the same time increasing the understanding in the United States about Korea's current events, points of view and culture; and
(4) Help promote Hawaii business development initiatives in Northeast Asia (Korea, Japan, China) in order to help Hawaii's recovering economy.
Your Committees have amended this measure by noting a request for a fifteen per cent matching financial support and endorsement from the Maine State Legislature.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Legislative Management and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 8, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 8, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Legislative Management and International Affairs,
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____________________________ HELENE H. HALE, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair |
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