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Asia today’ lectures explore countries’ hot-button issues
This year’s series of lectures sponsored by the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange will focus on critical issues in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Myanmar.
The 28th annual Asia-Pacific Studies Forum "Asia Today" series kicks off April 26.
The three-hour lectures are presented by University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty and run from 9 a.m. to noon in UH’s Kuykendall Hall Room 210:
» April 26: James Weir will talk about honor and violence in the tribal cultures of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Abdul-Karim Khan will speak on Afghanistan beyond 2014, when U.S. and NATO forces leave.
» May 3: Sankaran Krishna will talk about poverty, economic growth, corruption and religiosity in India.
» May 10: Michael Aung-Thwin will speak on the making of modern Myanmar.
Advance registration is required. Contact the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange, 942-8553, or cape@cape.edu.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Maui issuing water meters in Upcountry
WAILUKU >> Upcountry Maui property owners who have been waiting years could soon be getting water service.
The Maui County Department of Water Supply announced Wednesday it has started issuing Upcountry water meters, the Maui News reported.
The department said a project to use the Hama?kua?poko wells as a backup for Upcountry water use is near completion, allowing for water meters to be issued. Requests for meters will be considered in the order of applicants on a priority waiting list.
Lower Kula resident Alfred Medeiros Jr. said that will allow him to move forward with a 10-home subdivision. The development will also mean lots of jobs, he said.
He’s No. 643 on the waiting list and hasn’t been able to get project financing without confirmation the subdivision would get water service.
Police brass to meet with Kona community
The Hawaii Police Department will hold a community meeting from noon to 2 p.m. April 17 at the Kona police station.
The meeting is to allow the public to meet the police command staff and to discuss concerns with the police chief and commanders who oversee operations in the Kona district. To help commanders focus on specific concerns, police request that participation be limited to people who live or work in the Kona district.
Those interested in participating but unable to attend may email their concerns or comments to copsysop@co.hawaii.hi.us. For information, call Capt. Randal Ishii at 326-4646, ext. 299, or stop by the Kona police station.
Star-Advertiser staff and Associated Press