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Goa, Hawaii to become sister states, MoU soon: Parrikar

  •   Tue, Jun 19 2018 09:54:27 AM

Panaji, Jun 19 (IANS): Goa and Hawaii will soon sign a memorandum of understanding making them sister states, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday after the Cabinet formally approved the proposal.

"Goa is going to sign sister state agreement. The Cabinet has given approval. The process started when I was Defence Minister.

"(Hawaiian) Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has a keen interest in Indian culture. She moved a proposal and the Governor supported it," Parrikar told reporters after a meeting of the state Cabinet.

(Gabbard is the first Samoan American and the first Hindu member of the US Congress.)

He said the recent earthquake in Hawaii had delayed the process, adding that the sister-state relationship could cover exchanges in the fields of culture, education, tourism and others.

Parrikar said that during his visit to Hawaii as Defence Minister, he witnessed several similarities shared by the tropical US state and Goa.

"If you go to Hawaii and if you wake up in then morning, without knowing where you are, you will think you are in Goa. I have been there for three days to visit Pacific command as Defence minister. I was surprised to see that it looks exactly like Goa.

"Their food habits are also like us, fish, rice and coconut is abundant. It looks like Goa, the two have a lot of similarities and they are interested in having sister-state relationship... Once we sign it, we will formulate a programme and accordingly we will work on it," the Chief Minister said.

Parrikar, who attended his first Cabinet meeting upon returning to Goa after more than three months of treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer in the US and in Mumbai, also said that resolving infrastructure bottlenecks, boosting the education sector and resolving the mining crisis were some of the priorities for him.
  

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  • Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore - Houston/Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

    Tue, Jun 19 2018

    Creating a "Sister City Relations" between Hawaii and Goa is a right step in the right direction. I have been personally involved in the "Sister City" dialogs with other Cities of the world, and we are of the most positive opinion that "Sister City" relations creates more good than anything else between the two Cities that have mutually consented to work together on so many affairs that relate to Tourism, Trade and many other relations that allow two Cities to merge together for a bilateral relations of friendship.

    Hawaii and Goa have so many great things in common, specially the culture of two Cities who have identical thoughts and intentions to work together on so many issues that will allow them to share so many ideas for a short term and long term relations.

    The Climate, the Music, the Beach life, the Hotels and Motels, and most importantly the culture and character of the people of two cities have so much in common to appreciate and work together for betterment of our future. Let us begin a new dialog and experiment all that we can experiment by studying one another's view points and see how Hawaii and Goa can benefit each other. There is so much more to gain than lose. There is so much to learn and listen from each other as "Sisters" than otherwise.

    We are therefore for an "all out" support for the Sister City relations between Hawaii and Goa. God bless.

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  • NAS, Mangalore

    Tue, Jun 19 2018

    It is so shamefull how these politicians take the common people for ride . Mr. CM please walk down Mapusa market and see if you can make it livable, the pathetic condition of the roads, garbage spilled all over and the stink.

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