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• Support all levels of educational, employment and training opportunities and institutions. • Capital improvements programs shall improve the quality of existing commercial and industrial areas. • The land, water, air, sea, and people shall be considered as essential resources for present and future generations and should be protected and enhanced through the use of economic incentives. • Continue to encourage the research, development and implementation of advanced technologies and processes. • Support the development of high technology industries. • Continue to encourage development and utilization of by-products from alternate energy conversion projects. • Identify and encourage primary industries that are consistent with the social, physical, and economic goals of the residents of the County. • Encourage active liaison with the private sector with respect to the County's requirements for establishing businesses on the island. • Encourage the development of the retirement industry. • Promote a distinctive identity for the island of Hawaii to enable government, business and travel industries to promote the County of Hawaii as an entity unique within the State of Hawaii. • Identify the needs of the business community and take actions that are necessary to improve the business climate. • Support research and development that would lead to the removal of marketing restrictions on Hawaiian fruits and other perishables. • Assist in the development of a film and video industry program to market Big ]stand sites and coordinate film and video activities on the Big Island. • Assist the further development of agriculture through the protection of important agricultural lands. • Assist in the promotion of the agriculture industry whose products are recognized as being produced on the island of Hawaii • Encourage the establishment of open fanners markets to allow local agricultural producers to market their products. • Assist in cooperative marketing and distribution endeavors to expand opportunities for local agricultural products for export as well as to the local market. • Encourage the further development of the overseas capacity of Hilo International Airport for the exportation of agricultural crops. • Encourage the health/wellness industry. • Encourage new industries that provide favorable benefit-cost relationships to the people of the County. Benefit-cost relationships include more than fiscal considerations.