Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Tourism & Culture and International Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 155, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to promote sports in Hawaii by requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) and the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to convene a work group to examine the feasibility of hosting an international Pacific-Asian Youth Baseball League Championship Tournament in Hawaii.

Hawaii Winter Baseball, Asia-Pacific Exchange & Development, and Babe Ruth Hawaii supported this concurrent resolution. DBEDT supported the intent of this measure. HTA opposed this concurrent resolution.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism & Culture and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 155, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.