Gov. Neil Abercrombie is on personal leave beginning Tuesday (May 15) until Friday (May 18). He will be visiting family in New York state.

Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz will be acting governor.   

On Friday, Schatz will travel to Taiwan and Korea to meet with officials to promote tourism and sign a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation.

Attorney General David Louie will serve as acting governor until Abercrombie returns from his trip at 5:30 p.m.

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