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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0567.007 1996-1998 SENT B"~Xerox Te~ecooier 701 .'~-'5-S? ~ ~OBP',1 ~065941666-' 9693291:# 1 OFFICE; HA~~~' .~I®1 A~AIRS GOVEF{IvMEN'T r;. " `<.T~'.S OFFICE ~ 1, i . , , 711 KAl'I'GI.,ANI 80~-~ ":~RJ), SUITE 500 LOIti£7LULU, P' 96813 CG~~., , ~ i ~'i.X: `~~-1865 {rr~I~~i T:i° i171~AL DA'T'E: l~ll$ q`1 ~3.~WAT'I r~ .:~Rn TIME: l: AM~ To: ~ rau 2A - 1 R(aR-3 COMPANY: ~.~wrt.xs.! Ar1.~,_w;~~«as ~.k' k.~ wn~~ I~JU.rati( ~juNQ.l(..._. F1dOM: { 14t.t~l i p La Dca) _ ~ r.='=a 1~- ~~s t~~f~l'~ \ COViLY~.s~:ia"I'S/SPF:~:6; ?`RUCTIONS: ~ ~-czacal,~ ~ (S~~IA.'s -C~~:-~;..,©rs;~< ~~rl~z-ir5(~ ~~u~ ll~'z... t _ O~ ..L1c.w~uCoufJf''(~6;rW:a,,sLS,c~fr -f~~ ,~c~n. c7, cQ47. W r~. ,d.n.~ S U.B Iii ~ Y-! i rle?~ ~.t ~ ~a.,~-~~-~. , -,,-n r-,a nT~ ©nT ~Y W~ i,.~~~.. n,7o-r ~a;~,,,r._- - Pr2~s6^r`ti r.1W v ?v ~ z.l ~-t ~ k `I ,d,r„D ~P~'r~s.-tom ~..~r~,_ -:y~Q.~. ire P ~pau,,~ '[ld'f~ 6PpYLb'~f21A"rb ~J~~~ j-,. ?,~yJ c,~,.~ Ce~?~..~~ ~~r~,r~~ - r 'v'U:14BER OF PA.G M~iCLi;P° ~`i CO\rER PAGE: Z PT.EASE C.~va~ ~ ?~-194., NOT RECEIVE w? 6 7. D x, Hcc Aar Pre`sent'ed c°,,,.,~"-" Not. ?o~ - 1~1. D.~_ DECJt991-. SENT BY~Xerox Telecopier 7021 ,12-t5-~~' '~O~P~' ~C85941865~ 9693291.tt 2 PNONE (806) 594.1888 I/ . FqX (8p8) 594-1885 ~a` ce i~.YE f`i OFFVCE C7F HAWAi!,° ` "G,IRS 711 KAPI'O LfiNI ©OULE','r - ~ tli I E 500 4?nFJ~~LULU, HF~W' TESTIMONY a~l''ORTII"~ ~ ~ a~: PASSAGE OF BILL 162, AN ORISIT~*: b;'VCE : tiNG CHAPTER 2 OF THE HAWAII C't?t!"~TY ~''=~r~3 (1995 EDITION) TO ENCOURAGE b PROI'k~: ~ B? ~,.,:VD SPELLING OF HAWAIIf~`~ R'O;P3;`; ~'ERMS ?c:crmber ] 7. Aloha mai kakou, Chairman Arakaki aoui riambers of R.i`i County Council. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supports BILL, 762, 'r r?RDIr~,',31'a w yZi'NDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE HAWAI `I COUNTY CODE 1983 (19>'S Ls"DITIOe'r, "„,O URAGE THE PROPER USE AND SPEI,.LING OF HAWAIIAN id "G:°'DS rL'vD a . Section 4, Article XIV of the COnSiltUtl9i1 of the State ~.~ai`i mandates that "English and Hawaiian shall be the o~cta6larrgteag'~r cfHmvaJ'i, c_ l~at Hawaitan shall be required for p~bdic acts aril transactions only as prorrcled by Imv. " beaieves, further, that it is in the best interest of the State and each of its l'ounties, to F)r* cultivate and convey the indigenous language ofHawai`i. Because pre-contact Ha~i~aiians did nct 1~~~,~e a wiittcn ~-re: presenvtg the integrity of the verbal language is crucial for the aecur~te acrountinc o~ ~iiiar, history, significant events and all genealogy. As the Hawaiian ]angua~e ~,volved to u ~ language after 1778, the diacritical marks, the kahako (macron) and the `o.;ti~~a (glottal src~; ~=me necessary for proper use and spelling of Hawaiian words, "I ka olelo ke ola. I ka dlelo ka make.' "it! the word ~r_iage) there is life. In the word (the language) there is death." E laulima pu kakou. Let's all work togethc=r :blahalo a nui loo for the opportunity to siiar~ our ma~~e' ; nu