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developing something. Well , if it is going to be a business of sort, I think it should be private businessto come in. What basically should happen would be development of activity would be like we are going to go into geothermal , biomass, , with the sugar problems. Like for instance, if the sugar industry is having a problem with the development of that agriculturally. Is it a product promotion- development for helping the anthurium growers and so working together. The ginger growers working together. Getting the farmers and the truck farmers working together and at the same time trying to help with the development of the promotion by the hypo-baric system. This is the kind of development that we are talking about. That kind of function will exist and also like tourism, the planning department is not in the promotional side, it is merely on the planning side. So now it is up to the development, the promotional area of tourism. Now that function still exists and they all become necessary to be handled. I think when you come into that area it is strictly a promotional and researching area and this is why I think it should be separate. But if it is at any time put under the planning department. . .for instance, the state deal on economic development and planning in Kona, you make it so massive you miss out on the small area such as like Kaniwai where you had the promotion and development areas. The promotion becomes buried within the planning area. You don ' t have the flare of development because it comes under one department. Then I think you have missed the boat. This is why you have to keep them separate. If you keep it separate and then you have the research and development area, the promotion area, then this department becomes that part. In other words, promoting business, getting out brochures to encourage people to come out to invest in the areas , speak to the manganese nodule sea mining. Example, manganese nodule refining, we want them to be placed here. Now what they do is develop brochures , statistics and everything else and follow it up with the American Mining Congress to whether we can entice people to come here to place the refineries. This is the_ kindof _things that they are doing. In the tourism area, the Society of American Travel Writers are having a conference on October 15 of this year. The research and development then have developed the statistics and the brochures to promote, to have that happen here on this island with the right information to help tourism, to help promote their efforts. The same thing with the airlines to come in, to create common fare, senior citizens fare, air freight, the attorney ' s office will start going into the CAB for hearings, the statistical backup, the testimonies for is in control and coordination of the research and development department. I think you saw in the newspaper, recently, the CAB is coming. They will have a hearing here in Hilo and in Kona on the common fare. This is the kind of thing that the research and development would do. So -that function still exists and that is not a planning department ' s function, right? -11-