Bill Text: HI HCR50 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Korean National Association; Korean Christian Institute; Plaques
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-02 - (S) Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 718). [HCR50 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR50-Amended.html
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO RECOGNIZE LOCAL KOREANS BY DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES DESIGNATING THE FORMER SITES OF THE KOREAN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE.
WHEREAS, in September 1918, Dr. Syngman Rhee, who was elected president of the Republic of Korea in 1948, established the Korean Christian Institute in Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, the Korean Christian Institute was a coeducational school for grades 1 through 8 and was first located at 3320 Waialae Avenue, the site of the old Aliiolani College, presently Aliiolani Elementary School, located at 1240 7th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Korean Christian Institute was relocated in 1922 to the present Kalihi Elementary School site at 2471 Kula Kolea Drive; and
WHEREAS, after producing almost 300 graduates, the Korean Christian Institute closed in 1947 and its 24 acre site was sold to a developer in 1950; and
WHEREAS, subsequently, a single family subdivision was developed and the developer named a street Kula (school) Kolea (Korea) in honor of the school that once existed at the site; and
WHEREAS, funds from the sale of the school site became the seed money for establishing Inha University in Incheon, Korea; and
WHEREAS, President Syngman Rhee, who lived in Hawaii for more than a quarter of a century from 1913 through 1945, wanted to remember Hawaii's Koreans by naming the school Inha for Incheon, the port city where Korean immigration started, and Hawaii, where Koreans supported the independence movement to regain sovereignty of Korea from Japanese occupation; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting to recognize both locations of the Korean Christian Institute with bronze plaques; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the Senate concurring, that the Governor is requested to direct the placement of two commemorative plaques, to be funded by the Korean community, to designate the former sites of the Korean Christian Institute, as follows:
(1) The plaques are to be made of bronze, measuring no larger than 24 by 15 inches, to be mounted on 24 inch high pedestals made of stone or cement block;
(2) One plaque is to be placed at an appropriate site at the Waialae Avenue side of the playground of Aliiolani Elementary School and to read in English and Korean "Korean Christian Institute Site 1918 – 1922"; and
(3) The other plaque is to be placed at an appropriate site at the front of the administration building at Kalihi Elementary School and to read in English and Korean "Korean Christian Institute Site 1922 – 1947"; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State Historic Preservation Division is requested to work with the Korean National Association in the design of the two plaques to ensure that the plaques meet all signage requirements for historic properties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to coordinate the installation of the plaques; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Comptroller, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and Korean National Association.
Korean National Association; Korean Christian Institute; Plaques
