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Luncheon Address--Gov. Neil Abercrombie
Luncheon Address--Gov. Neil Abercrombie
Pages 51-52
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"It would be a criminal act not to place that telescope on Mauna Kea," he said. "This is the finest place on earth to explore the heavens." He vigorously endorsed the recommendations of the UH Innovation Council, which he said overlapped his own campaign issues and the current priorities of 1 5Hawaii, the only state composed entirely of islands, was granted statehood on August 21, 1959.
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I came to Hawaii because of the University of Hawaii," where he received "one of the best graduate educations available in the world." He stressed the value of education for a small state that must rely more on knowledge than it ever has. For Hawaii, which can no longer depend on revenues from sugar and pineapple, the UH can be the new driver to create new businesses in biofuels, geothermal, wind, and other alternative energies; continuing develop ment of technologies of use to the military; and biomedical advances.
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