HI SCR75

Requests Governor Linda Lingle to authorize placement of a commemorative plaque at Washington Place designating the former site of the Korean National Association headquarters.

The Korean National Association, established on February 1, 1909, operated at 1306 Miller Lane (current Washington Place site) from December 1914 until July 1946, when it was condemned for expansion of the Governor's Mansion.

Plaque specifications: bronze construction measuring no larger than 24 by 15 inches, mounted on a 24-inch high stone or cement block pedestal, with text reading "Korean National Association Headquarters Site, December 1914 - July 1946."

Commemorates the first wave of 102 Korean immigrants who arrived in Hawaii on January 13, 1903, followed by approximately 7,400 more over the next two and one-half years to work on sugar plantations.

The plaque is to be funded by the Korean community, with certified copies of the resolution transmitted to the Governor and the Korean National Association.