GOVERNOR LINGLE ORDERS STATE FLAGS TO FLY AT HALF-STAFF IN HONOR OF OHA TRUSTEE DELA CRUZ

For Immediate Release:  March 28, 2007

HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle has ordered state flags at state and county buildings to be flown at half-staff on Friday, March 30, from sunup to sundown, in honor of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Linda Dela Cruz, who died on March 15.  Dela Cruz was first elected as a trustee in 2000 and was serving a second term that would have expired in 2008.  A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday evening in Hilo, with burial services to follow on Friday.

Last week, the Governor announced that state flags are to be flown at half-staff on Thursday, March 29, in honor of former Representative Peter Aduja, who died on Feb. 19.  Aduja, a native of Ilocos Sur Province in the Philippines, became the first Filipino in Hawai‘i to be elected to the Territorial House of Representatives, where he represented Hilo as a Republican for one two-year term.  Funeral services for Aduja will be held on Thursday on O‘ahu.

Read the Governor's proclamations for Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Linda Dela Cruz and former Representative Peter Aduja.

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For more information, contact:

Lenny Klompus
Senior Advisor – Communications
Phone: (808) 586-7708

Russell Pang
Chief of Media Relations
Phone: (808) 586-0043

Leighton Siu
Chief of Protocol
Phone: (808) 586-0034