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Nature panel picks chairman

Longtime Honolulu business leader Stanley Hong has been named chairman of The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii's Corporate Council for the Environment.

Hong, the president of Waste Management of Hawai'i Inc. and trustee of the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust Estate, is a past president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i and the Hawai'i Visitors Bureau. He has been a member of The Nature Conservancy's board of trustees since 1992.

"Few people know the business community in Hawai'i like Stanley Hong," said Suzanne Case, the Conservancy's executive director in Hawai'i. "He is experienced, well-liked and respected, and his enthusiasm and can-do attitude are contagious."

The Conservancy's Corporate Council for the Environment works to engage the business community in caring for Hawai'i's environment.

Canoe paddlers elect president

The Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association, representing six outrigger canoe associations from all the islands and more than 10,000 paddlers, elected John Kekua Jr. from Moku O Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Association and Kamehameha Canoe Club on the Big Island as its president. Members also honored outgoing president Michael Tongg for his contributions to outrigger canoe paddling over the past two decades.

HCRA annually conducts the statewide outrigger canoe racing championships.