I visited with my father yesterday afternoon in the nursing home where he’s been for the past couple of weeks after getting out of Queen’s Hospital. He asked me what the date was, and I told him it was December 22nd. He thought hard about that, staring into space for several long seconds as mental [...]
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I found this little WWII story in my dad’s handwritten notes about his early experiences in business in Hawaii after coming to Hawaii in 1939 as an employee of Dohrmann Hotel Supply Co., a large mainland restaurant equipment dealer. P.Y. Chong, who was the owner of Lau Yee Chai in Waikiki, Hawaii’s most popular Chinese [...]
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Pacific Business News again shows why it’s tops at business reporting with a close-up look at foreclosures in one community. Ewa Beach 96706: Ground zero for Hawaii foreclosures, by reporter Janis Magin, is definitely worth a read. The story traces a couple’s purchase of a new $878,990 home purchased with no money down and monthly [...]
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