S.D. 1 to The Hawaii State Senate resolution urges the Hawaii congressional delegation to oppose the NAFTA because the sugar provisions in the NAFTA threaten a way of life for 17.000 residents of Hawaii. Many of Hawaiis residents employed by the sugar industry can "trace their roots to the plantation life and a common past." The Hawaii sugar industry is an integral part of the fabric of life in Hawaii. Sugar has been grown commercially in Hawaii for 157 years. It was the call of the sugar plantations that echoed throughout Asia to many of our ancestors who immigrated to Hawaii and endured tremendous hardship toiling on the plantations to build a new life. Sugar is Hawaiis third largest industry today. The ratification of the NAFTA would decimate Hawaiis sugar industry.
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