A 15-year-old girl died yesterday in an apparent drowning at a swimming pool at Hope Chapel in Kapolei.

The girl was pulled from the pool just before 2 p.m. Bystanders performed CPR until paramedics and fire department personnel arrived shortly thereafter, said Emergency Medical Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic.

The girl was transported in critical condition to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

AIR SEARCH FAILS TO FIND MISSING VISITOR

A second day of searching yesterday turned up no sign of Yoichiro Yamada, a 29-year-old visitor from Japan who disappeared after going swimming off the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Friday.

Crews plan to resume the search today.

The U.S. Coast Guard covered 59 nautical square miles before suspending its aerial search yesterday. Honolulu Fire Department rescue specialists searched in the water and by air until dark, said Capt. Earle Kealoha, HFD spokesman.

The man went for a swim at about 9 a.m. Friday and was last seen by family members at 9:30, police said. When he failed to return shortly before 2 p.m., family members notified authorities and a search for him began.

LINGLE WILL MEET WITH OBAMA OFFICIALS

Gov. Linda Lingle is to meet with two new Obama administration officials Wednesday.

First, she is scheduled to sit down with Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to China who formerly was the governor of Utah.

Right after that meeting, Lingle will chat with Raymond Mabus, a former governor of Mississippi who is now the secretary of the Navy.

Lingle's office did not disclose the topics to be discussed at either meeting, both at the state Capitol.

BLAST-DAMAGED BUILDING TO REOPEN

Cleanup work continued yesterday at the Leiopapa o Kamehameha Building on Beretania Street, where an explosion in a communications room early Thursday prompted closure of the building.

Officials have said they expect to reopen the building tomorrow.

Yesterday, a crew from Hawaiian Telcom was at the building to work on a main communications terminal that was damaged by water.

Meanwhile, a water main break delayed ongoing work on the leaking gas line believed to have contributed to the explosion.

A Gas Company crew was working yesterday to replace the damaged line with plastic piping when they apparently hit the water main, sending water spraying 30 feet into the air.

The break occurred at about 11:15 a.m.

The Board of Water Supply shut down the line while its personnel worked to repair the breach.

Traffic in the far right lane of Beretania Street, near Alakea, was already closed for the gas line repair and remained closed through the day.