Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, May 20, 1996
Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, May 20, 1996
Cayetano, who returned on Sunday from a weeklong trip to Seoul, said Hawaii only received about 125,000 of the 500,000 Koreans who visited the United States last year. He said twice that number would visit Hawaii if restrictions on visas were relaxed.
"We need to make these changes," he said. "It's really an insult to the South Koreans, and when I go to Washington, D.C., I intend to speak to Senator (Daniel) Inouye and some of the federal people about that."
Cayetano and Inouye are co-hosting a reception for the Pacific Basin Economic Development Conference in Washington this week.
Lingle and about two dozen other government officials and members of the visitor industry left for Japan on Saturday for an 11-day "thank you" visit.
Marsha Weinert of the Maui Visitors Association, which is paying for the trip, said it's the first time in five years her organization has gone to Japan to thank people for their travel business to Maui.
The mayor will meet with officials of a paper company and owners of hotels and resorts in Maui County. Also making the trip are state lawmakers Joe Tanaka and Michael White and members of the County Council.