STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1549

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 296

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 296 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE EMMA KWOCK CHUN CORPORATION, THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, AND THE HISTORIC HAWAII FOUNDATION TO APPLY FOR PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S PUNAHOU CIRCLE APARTMENT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the Emma Kwock Chun Corporation, with the assistance and guidance of the State Historic Preservation Office and the Historic Hawaii Foundation, to apply President Barak Obama's Punahou Circle apartment home for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. 

     The Historic Hawaii Foundation supported this concurrent resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 296 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs,

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JOEY MANAHAN, Chair