O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Man sentenced in smuggling
A 61-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $1,500 for trying to smuggle two women from Fuzhou, China, into the United States.
U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo said Kian Hua Tan was traveling with the women on a flight from Auckland, New Zealand, earlier this year and that immigration officials suspected while the plane was en route that Tan was attempting to smuggle the two.
Questioned by authorities here, the three initially claimed they were a family from Singapore traveling to Hawai'i for a vacation, but the women later admitted they were citizens of China.
Bus ID center at Blaisdell
The city will process new senior citizens and disabled riders passes and identification cards to ride TheBus at Blaisdell Center today and tomorrow as part of an effort to bring the ID center to different neighborhoods.
The center will operate in Blaisdell Center's Hawai'i Suite from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Next week, the roving bus pass ID center will be in Hawai'i Kai on Monday, Wai'anae on Wednesday and Kapolei on Thursday.
Photo IDs and bus passes are also being processed at TheBus' main office, 811 Middle St., weekdays, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Existing senior (age 65 and older) and disabled bus passes are valid until Nov. 1.
Senior and disabled person passes cost $30 a year.
Anti-drug signs to be on display
Students and teachers of Kaimuki High School will wave anti-drug signs from 2:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and tomorrow in conjunction with Drug Free Week and Drug Awareness Month.
Reps. Scott Saiki, D-22nd (McCully, Pawa'a), and Scott Nishimoto, D-21st (Kapahulu, Diamond Head), will join students today waving "Drug Free Kaimuki" signs on Kapi'olani Boulevard near the entrance to the school.
Talk to focus on principals
Tony Wagner, a Harvard educator and author of the book "Making the Grade: Reinventing America's Schools," will speak at a free education forum Nov. 12 at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
The discussion will focus on the role of principals in education reform. People interested in attending can RSVP at 956-7651.
WINDWARD
Poetry program receives $10,000
Starbucks Foundation has awarded Windward Community College a $10,000 literacy grant that will be used to finance poetry workshops and the Star Poets competition for students in grades three to 12. Entries are being accepted until Jan. 15. Entry forms are available at Starbucks Coffee stores on O'ahu, Maui, the Big Island, Starbucks Web site www.starbuckshawaii.com, and the college's Web site www.wcc.hawaii.edu.
