HONOLULU – (eTN) – He holomua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hawaiʻi, a ua lilo ia i wahi huakaʻi maikaʻi loa o ʻAmelika no ka ʻelele kūlana kiʻekiʻe o nā luna mākaʻikaʻi Malaysian, i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Malaysia ʻo Azalina Othman Said, e kipa. Me ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Malaysia i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o ʻAmelika, ua makemake nui ka ʻelele Malaysia e aʻo i nā mea ma hope o ka holomua o Hawaiʻi ma muli o nā ʻano like ʻole o nā wahi ʻelua.
Ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi o Malaysia, “Manaʻo wau he ʻokoʻa loa ʻo Malaysia a me Hawaiʻi, a ua like ke ʻano o ke aniau. Ua ʻike ʻia nā wahi ʻelua no kāna poʻe aloha a mehana, kona wahi nani, ka wā hoʻomaha a me kāna hoʻokipa nui.
Wahi a Kuhina Said, aia ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e ʻike kino i nā huahana mākaʻikaʻi a e ʻike hohonu i ka poʻe ʻAmelika. "ʻO koʻu manaʻolana ʻo ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻike i ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻAmelika e pili ana i ko mākou ʻāina exotic a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, i ka manawa like a ʻokoʻa loa mai ka US," wahi āna. "Ke ʻimi nei mākou e hoʻomau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Malaysia e lilo i wahi mākaʻikaʻi no nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika."
Ua ʻae ke kuhina ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i nā pilikia o Malaysia i ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā huakaʻi US. Ua kapa ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Malaysia, no nā huakaʻi US, kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi. "Ua mamao loa mākou," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea hoʻokipa kīwī ma mua i lilo i kālai'āina.
No nā pilikia o Malaysia, ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia, "He ʻāina ʻo Malaysia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa nei i ka Islam, ʻoiai ʻo kā mākou poʻe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity a me nā hoʻomana ʻē aʻe. He ʻāina Muslim haʻahaʻa loa mākou me nā poʻe mehana a aloha a ua maʻa mākou i ka hui ʻana o nā poʻe like ʻole mai nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o nā lāhui, nā hoʻomana a me nā moʻomeheu.
Manaʻo nō hoʻi ʻo Kuhina Said, ʻo Malaysia, ʻoiai he ʻāina i kaulana ʻole e like me kekahi o kona mau hoalauna, he paʻakikī. “Akā naʻe, ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hoʻololi i kēia no ka mea he ʻāina palupalu maikaʻi mākou no nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo nui ʻia ka ʻōlelo Pelekane; aia nā wahi like ʻole, nā hanana a me nā hana no nā malihini; a ʻo Malaysia kahi huakaʻi waiwai nui no ke kālā.
E pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka wahie, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Said, "He ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai wahie e hopena paha i ke kumukūʻai o nā tiketi lele. Eia nō naʻe, mālama ʻo Malaysia i kahi kumukūʻai kūpono i ke kālā ʻAmelika, me kahi o 3.2 ringgit a i US $1. Hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke hauʻoli i ka lawelawe nani ma nā hōkele kiʻekiʻe no $100-$200 i ka pō, ʻoiai i ka wā kiʻekiʻe. Ma Malaysia, hiki i nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika ke hele lōʻihi me kēlā me kēia kālā.
ʻO nā pilikia i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, ua ʻike pū ʻo Kuhina Said ʻo ka pilikia nui o Malaysia me ʻAmelika ʻaʻole lawa ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Malaysia. "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he pilikia ʻē aʻe ia, akā ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au inā makemake mākou i nā ʻAmelika e hele mai, pono mākou e hoʻolilo. Loaʻa iā mākou nā huahana ʻAmelika he nui ma aneʻi, akā ʻaʻole ia e hana ma ia kumu. ʻO Kina, no ka laʻana, ua hoʻolilo nui lākou e kiʻi… a manaʻo wau he nui nā ʻAmelika e hele ana i Kina. A ma Kina, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i kahi visa e hele mai i ʻAmelika. Pono nā Malaysian i kahi visa e hele i ʻAmelika. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe i kahi visa mai Iapana, mai Korea, mai Kina, akā pono ʻoe i kahi visa mai ko mākou ʻāina. No laila, hāʻawi pū kekahi i kahi ʻano ʻike. "
A hiki i kona koho ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he poʻokela mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina, ua wehewehe ʻo Kuhina Said, "Manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea a ke kuhina nui [Abdullah Ahmad Badawi] i makemake ai ʻoi aku ka ʻōpio [ka poʻe] e hoʻomau i ka mākeke ʻōpio - nā pēpē boomers - a me ka noʻonoʻo o kūʻai aku iā Malaysia. Hele mākou i loko o ka ecotourism, a, ʻike ʻoe, ʻo ka poʻe ʻōpio ʻoihana, ʻoi aku ka poʻe ʻōpio i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia i loko o [ka] kaiapuni, a he mau pilikia kēia a mākou e nānā nei no ke aupuni, helu ʻekahi; a ʻo ka helu ʻelua, ke manaʻo nei au ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i ka nui o nā ʻōpio Malaysia i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ma waho; ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha a me nā male, kekahi mau hoaaloha ma kēlā me kēia wahi o ka honua. No laila ʻo kēia ka hanauna e kūʻai aku i ka mea e pili ana iā Malaysia.
Ma waho aʻe o nā hanana holoʻokoʻa e hoʻolauleʻa ana i nā ʻano he nui e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu ikaika o Malaysia, ʻo ka mea e hiki mai ana no Malaysia ka hoʻolauleʻa mega lā Independence Day.
