STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1139-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 127
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 127 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
     ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE-PROVINCE RELATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP
     BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
     AND THE PROVINCE OF THUA THIEN-HUE OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
     OF VIETNAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this House Concurrent Resolution is to
approve and authorize the establishment of the State-Province
relations of friendship between the State of Hawaii and the
Province of Thua Thien-Hue of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; the
Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce; the Asssociation of
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; the University of Hawaii at Manoa
School of Business Administration; the Chamber of Commerce of
Hawaii; and a number of individuals representing various
businesses in Hawaii.

     Your committee finds that by establishing a State-Province
relations of friendship between Hawaii and the Province of Thua
Thien-Hue will help solidify many exisiting relationships and
create tremendous economic opportunities for many of Hawaii's
businesses.


 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Changing the title of the concurrent resolution to
          request the establishment of the State-Province
          relations of friendship between the State of Hawaii and
          the Province of Thua Thien-Hue of the Socialist
          Republic of Vietnam, and deleting the words "approving
          and authorizing"; and 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantiative changes for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Culture and the Arts that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 127, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 127, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Culture and the
                                   Arts,



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                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair