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Chinese businesses enjoy profitable history in Hawaii

  • STAR-ADVERTISER / 1999
    Gertrude C. Yee stocks the shelves in the Yick Lung shop in Mapunapuna with their signature preserved fruits and candies. At one time Yick Lung was Hawaii's most popular wholesaler of crack seed snacks. Yick Lung filed for bankruptcy in 1996.
  • STAR-ADVERTISER
    Chun Afong: Hawaii's first Chinese millionaire was called the Merchant Prince of Honolulu.
  • BRUCE ASATO / 2001
    Ming's Jewelry, which closed in 1999, had once established stores in New York, Florida, Georgia, Texas and California.

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