STAND. COM. REP. NO.  790

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1103

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Tourism & Culture and International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1103 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR COMMEMORATION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to celebrate Hawaii's diverse cultural heritage by officially designating the one week period following the day of the Chinese New Year as the "Asian Lunar New Year Week of Commemoration in Hawaii."

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     Your Committees encourage organizations involved in celebrating the Chinese New Year to coordinate their activities with existing Chinese organizations, including the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

 

     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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1103 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


 

 

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

 

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RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair