STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1745

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.C.R. No. 67

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 67 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND THE INITIATION OF A SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAWAII AND FUJIAN PROVINCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Hawaii Sister-State Committee to recommend the initiation of a sister-state relationship between Hawaii and Fujian Province.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, & Tourism.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii already has sister-state relations with entities in the Greater China region, including Guangdong and Hainan. Your Committee further finds that on October 21, 2021, the mayors of Honolulu and Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian province, established a sister-city relationship. Your Committee therefore finds that this measure seeks to encourage the next steps in establishing sister-state relations between Hawaii and Fujian Province.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 67 and recommends its adoption.

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

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ADRIAN K. TAM, Chair