Bill Text: HI HR216 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Polynesian Cultural Center; Golden Anniversary

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-03-31 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR216 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HR216-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	216
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

CONGRATULATING THE POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER ON its GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY AND COMMENDING its FIFTY YEARS OF ENCHANTMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, AND EDUCATION.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the House of Representatives is proud to recognize those exceptional individuals, groups, and organizations that work at perpetuating the Hawaiian culture and other cultures of the Pacific; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 1963 the Polynesian Cultural Center began as a cultural theme attraction located in Lāʻie to help preserve and perpetuate numerous Polynesian cultures; and

 

WHEREAS, when the Polynesian Cultural Center first opened its doors, it was predicted to be a failure due to its remote location in Lāʻie; and

 

     WHEREAS, fifty years later, with an annual revenue of

$60 million, the Polynesian Cultural Center is the top paid visitor attraction in the State of Hawaiʻi, featuring the villages of Aotearoa, Fiji, Hawaiʻi, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga, a Lu’au, and a world-renowned evening show, with over 700,000 visitors per year; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Polynesian Cultural Center serves as one of the biggest economic engines on the North Shore of Oʻahu, employing over 400 local residents, 240 of which are full-time employees; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Polynesian Cultural Center supports organizations such as the Hula Preservation Society, Miss Hawai’i, Aloha Council Boy Scouts, and Aloha United Way, and provides college scholarship awards for children of employees attending Kahuku High School; and

 

     WHEREAS, the world-renowned Polynesian Cultural Center celebrates fifty years of educating its visitors about the cultures of Aotearoa, Fiji, Hawai’i, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga, and contributes to the greater good of Hawai’i by supporting its surrounding community and the State of Hawai’i; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, that this body congratulates the Polynesian Cultural Center on its golden anniversary and commends its fifty years of enchantment, entertainment, and education.

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Polynesian Cultural Center; Golden Anniversary