Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama i kekahi kālepa mākaʻikaʻi a me ka nānā ʻana o ka honua i kona ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi i nā makahiki ʻelua.
Ua ʻōlelo ka peresidena i ka Lāpule e hoʻokipa ʻo ia i ka mana 2011 o ka hui ʻĀpana Hui Pū ʻIa Asia-Pacific ma Hawaii. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Obama i kāna mau hoʻolālā ma ka hālāwai APEC e mālama ʻia nei ma Singapore.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Obama i nā ʻelele o nā lāhui lālā 21 o APEC e kakali ana ʻo ia e ʻike iā lākou me nā pālule pua a me nā pālule mauʻu.
ʻO nā lālā o APEC ʻo Australia, Kanada, Kina, Indonesia, Iapana, South Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Russia a me Vietnam.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mike McCarntey, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o ka Hawaii Tourism Association:
“ʻO ka hoʻolaha a Pelekikena Obama ua koho ʻia ʻo Honolulu, Hawaiʻi i kahua hoʻokipa no nā hui alakaʻi o Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2011, he mea hoihoi ia no ko mākou mokuʻāina, ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me ka ʻoihana malihini.
No nā makahiki he nui, ua hakakā ʻo Hawaiʻi me ka manaʻo o ka hopena boondoggle. Na nā hālāwai APEC e hoʻopau i kēlā manaʻo kuhihewa a hoʻonoho iā Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano he wahi ʻoihana honua. Me ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o nā alakaʻi o ka APEC mai 21 mau ʻāina Pākīpika ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu, e ʻike ka honua he wahi kūpono ʻo Hawaiʻi no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻoihana ma muli o ko mākou kūlana koʻikoʻi ma ka Pākīpika a me ko mākou ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole.
ʻO ke koho ʻia ʻana o Honolulu he nūhou maikaʻi ia no ka ʻoihana malihini me nā kuhi mua e hōʻike ana aia ma kahi o 10,000 mau poʻe APEC e hele mai. Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻike honua e loaʻa i kā mākou moku'āina, e hāʻawi nā hālāwai i kahi hoʻoikaika e pono ai i ka wā poʻohiwi o Nowemapa me ka piʻi ʻana o ka hōʻea ʻana, ka noho hōkele a me ka hoʻolimalima.
E hana pū ka HTA me ke aupuni, nā ʻoihana, ka ʻoihana malihini, ke kaiāulu, a me nā mea kuleana ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka holomua o nā hui alakaʻi o ka APEC 2011.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Juergen Steinmetz, ka pelekikena o ka ʻAhahui Kaʻahele Hawaiʻi a me ke poʻo o ke kōmike mākaʻikaʻi no ka ʻaha kūkā o ka 'Oihana Kālepa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa: “Ua hauʻoli wau i ka ʻike ʻana ua koho ʻia ʻo Hawaiʻi no kēia hanana. ʻO HiTA me kā mākou pūnaewele puni honua o nā ʻelele mākaʻikaʻi e hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai ke hoʻohana i kēia manawa a hoʻonui i ka ʻike ʻana o Hawaiʻi i nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi honua hou.
ʻIke ʻia ka hālāwai ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he kipi no ka ʻoihana malihini kipa o ka mokuʻāina no ka mea e hōʻike ana ʻo Hawaiʻi he kahua maikaʻi no nā hui ʻoihana honua, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka ʻāina ʻo Asia-Pākīpika.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Meia ʻo Mufi Hannemann, ua "hauʻoli" ʻo ia no ka koho ʻia ʻana o Honolulu e hoʻokipa i ka hui APEC 2011.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hana pū ʻana me ka East-West Center a me ka Mana Hoʻokamaʻi Hawaiʻi no ka manaʻo e hoʻokipa i ka ʻaha kūkā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hannemann ua hoʻopio ʻo ia no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā hālāwai me nā luna o ka Hale Paʻi a me nā luna o ka Moku'āina ʻo Iune.
"I ka wā i hoʻokokoke mua ai ʻo Pelekikena Charles Morrison o ka East-West Center i ke kūlanakauhale e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana ma kahi noi e hoʻokipa ai i ka APEC, ʻo ka mea nui ka palekana," wahi a Hannemann, a ua lanakila ʻo Honolulu i nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua o Kaleponi ma laila.
“ʻO Honolulu, a me Hawaiʻi a pau no ia mea, aia ma ke kahua honua e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki 2011, a ʻo ia ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike aku ai i ko kākou ʻoi aku o ka lā, ke one, ke kai, ka nalu a me ka ʻuhane o aloha, "wahi a Hannemann.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Morrison e wehe ana i kahi laina ʻoihana hou no ka wā lōʻihi no ka mokuʻāina ʻo ia "he kikowaena honua honua maoli."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kāpena Linda Lingle ʻo ke koho ʻana o Hawaiʻi e hoʻokipa i ka APEC Leaders Meeting "he hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAsia-Pākīpika, a e kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kahua hoʻokele waiwai no ka wā e hiki mai ana o Hawaiʻi. .”
"Mahalo mākou i ke koho ʻana o Pelekikena Obama iā Hawaiʻi no kēia hālāwai koʻikoʻi a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano he mokuʻāina ʻokoʻa loa o ʻAmelika," wahi āna.
Ua mahalo pū ʻo US Sen. Daniel K. Inouye i ke koho.
"ʻO ke kukui e ʻā mai ana ma Hawaiʻi i ka wā o nā hālāwai APEC e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka honua ʻo ko mākou moʻomeheu a me ko mākou wahi hoʻolālā ke kahua kūpono e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā alakaʻi o ka honua a hoʻopaʻapaʻa i nā pono o kahi hui like ʻole," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Inouye e lawelawe ana ka mokuʻāina ma ke alahaka ma waena o ka Hikina a me ke Komohana, a "e kōkua i ka hōʻike ʻana i ko mākou mau hoalauna ʻo Asia-Pacific e hoʻomau nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hui pū ʻana i nā kulekele hoʻokele waiwai i ka wā e puka mai ai ka honua mai ka hoʻokele honua."
Ua noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻo San Francisco, ka wahi o Los Angeles-Orange County, New York a me Miami he mau wahi kūpono no ka ʻaha kūkā. Ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o SMG o Hawaii Convention Center, ʻo Joe Davis, ua hōʻemi ʻia ka hoʻoholo ma waena o Honolulu a me nā huakaʻi ʻelua Kaleponi i nā pule aku nei.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ma waho aʻe o ka hana pū ʻana me ka East-West Center a me ka Mana Hoʻokamaʻi Hawaiʻi no ka manaʻo e hoʻokipa i ka ʻaha kūkā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hannemann ua hoʻopio ʻo ia no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā hālāwai me nā luna o ka Hale Paʻi a me nā luna o ka Moku'āina ʻo Iune.
- Linda Lingle said the selection of Hawai’i to host the APEC Leaders Meeting is “an affirmation of Hawai’i’s strategic role as a leader in the Asia-Pacific region, and will help build a stronger economic foundation for Hawai’i’s future.
- With APEC leaders from 21 Pacific Rim nations gathered on the island of O‘ahu, the world will see that Hawai‘i is an ideal place to conduct business due to our strategic location in the Pacific and our multi-cultural diversity.
