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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
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                     HOUSE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

  URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND
    TOURISM, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND THE
    LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN A FACT FINDING
    MISSION TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR THE FLOWER GROWING
    INDUSTRY.



 1        WHEREAS, the Netherlands is universally acknowledged as
 2   the leader in horticultural production and marketing; and
 3   
 4        WHEREAS, the Dutch have pioneered and perfected greenhouse
 5   cultivation methods for a wide variety of exotic ornamental
 6   plants including orchids, anthuriums, protea, and bromeliads;
 7   and
 8   
 9        WHEREAS, the Dutch are also in the forefront in market
10   research which is indispensable to their "consumer driven"
11   philosophy of growing; and
12   
13        WHEREAS, potted ornamental production in Hawaii is
14   expanding rapidly in response to a burgeoning demand in the
15   domestic market; and
16   
17        WHEREAS, the Hawaiian potted orchid industry alone is
18   currently generating about $15,000,000 a year in export
19   revenues with the potential to double within five years; and
20   
21        WHEREAS, development, production, marketing, and promotion
22   technologies from the highly evolved Dutch flower industry
23   could accelerate the growth of Hawaii's flower industry and
24   place it in a more dominant role in the domestic and
25   international horticultural marketplace; and
26   
27        WHEREAS, the Netherlands and Hawaii do not serve competing
28   markets and could learn and benefit from each other's
29   expertise; now, therefore,
30   
31        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
32   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
33   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that the Department of

 
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 1   Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Department of
 2   Agriculture, and the Legislature are requested to support and
 3   participate in a fact finding mission to the Netherlands for
 4   the Hawaiian flower growing industry to learn and exchange
 5   ideas with the Dutch flower growers; and
 6   
 7        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Senate
 8   and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are requested
 9   to select a joint legislative contingent to join
10   representatives from the Department of Business, Economic
11   Development, and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture to
12   conduct the fact finding mission; and
13   
14        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
15   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of
16   Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the Chairperson of
17   the Board of Agriculture; the President of the Senate; the
18   Speaker of the House of Representatives; and the President of
19   Glenwood Orchid Acres, Mountain View, Hawaii.
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