Posted on: Friday, April 15, 2005
BUSINESS BRIEFS
State official on federal panel
Advertiser Staff
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez named Ted Liu to the Secretarial Advisory Committee that will provide recommendations on the implementation of a new federal grant program.
Liu, director of the Hawai'i Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, is one of 17 members on the committee.
President Bush has proposed restructuring 18 federal economic and community development programs in a new $3.71 billion unified grant-making program called Strengthening America's Communities Initiative.
The average price for regular gasoline on O'ahu rose to a record $2.428, according to yesterday's AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
The statewide average is up slightly at $2.515 a gallon, also a new high. In Wailuku, Maui, regular gas averaged $2.739 a gallon. In Hilo on the Big Island, it averaged $2.562 a gallon.
Regular gas hits $2.428 on O'ahu
