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<br /> To The Honorable James Arakaki, Chair, County Council <br /> From Anson Chong, former State Senator <br /> Box 711388, Mt V~ew•, H~ 9677] Phone 96$-8347 <br /> Date December 1, 2000 <br /> Subs Recommendation for Christopher Yuen for position of Planning Director <br /> Aloha, <br /> Although born and raised on Oahu, I now Lye on a 6-acre family homestead m <br /> <br /> Puna Iviy grandfather, the late Ahnee of Kohala rebuilt the steeple of the Kalah~k~ola <br /> Hai+•auan Stone Church over a century ago I am a local boy prov~dtng testimony on <br /> <br /> behalf of a fellow local boy, Christopher Yuen <br /> This is to recommend, without reservation, the appointment of Christopher <br /> Yuen as the Hawaii ('ounh• Planning Director <br /> As a former State Senator, I understand the importance of timely implementation of <br /> policy gmdelmes, ewdelmes that your council ~s charged with creating m response to <br /> public needs Because of Mr 1'uen's solid, hands-on expenence and m-depth knowledge <br /> <br /> of county plamung matters, your council can be sure that leammg-curve delays will be <br /> mmun~zed and that urgent matters related to the department can be expected to be <br /> handled seamlessly with minimal transition delay <br /> Christopher Yuen ~s also a lawyer with deep understanding and compassion for our <br /> ama and less fortunate members of our community You can see rt m his pro-bono work <br /> for vanous non-profit community groups and low-income mdwiduals It has been my <br /> pleasure to work with Mr Yuen on some of these actrvrties and to see, at first hand, his <br /> competent profess~onahsm balanced with a genuine concern for his clients and the people <br /> of Hai+an <br /> ~~'e are fortunate to have a person of Mr Yuen's caliber wilting to step forward to <br /> serve the people of Hawau <br /> Please feel free to phone or wnte tf you have any further questions Me ke aloha <br /> / <br /> Ill <br /> cc Ham Ktm, Mayor-Elect V <br /> Comm`. \o. ~ <br /> Fiie No <br /> l;~t. Tu._~ <br /> Ref, Cata DEC U 7 2000 <br /> <br />