Flags to fly at half-staff to honor ex-senator Yee

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 20, 2012

~~<p>Gov. Neil Abercrombie has ordered that U.S. and Hawaii flags at state offices and agencies and Hawaii National Guard facilities be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday in memory of former state Sen. Wadsworth Y.H. Yee, who died May 8 at age 90.</p>
<p>"Senator Yee's leadership as a veteran, public servant, businessman and developer truly shaped the Hawaii we know today," Abercrombie said Friday. "His legacy is continued in many of our public and private institutions, and he will be dearly missed."</p>
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Gov. Neil Abercrombie has ordered that U.S. and Hawaii flags at state offices and agencies and Hawaii National Guard facilities be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday in memory of former state Sen. Wadsworth Y.H. Yee, who died May 8 at age 90.

"Senator Yee's leadership as a veteran, public servant, businessman and developer truly shaped the Hawaii we know today," Abercrombie said Friday. "His legacy is continued in many of our public and private institutions, and he will be dearly missed." Login for more...