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Homeless concerns growing in Honolulu’s Chinatown

By Jamm Aquino

May 4, 2021

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Chinatown community member Eric Wong walks along Kekaulike Street on Monday. Many community members are concerned that the honeymoon phase of Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is nearing the end when it comes to tackling the issues associated with homelessness in the area.
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Hirano, who did not give his last name, arranges his belongings along River Street on Monday.
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Chinatown community member Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock walks past a shattered window on a shuttered business along River Street on Monday.
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A homeless man sleeps on the sidewalk on River Street on Monday.
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Yvette Christie, middle, 64, who is homeless, stands on Pauahi Street as community member Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock, left, watches on Monday.
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Elizabeth Temple, top, owner of Riverside Barbershop, keeps an eye on the street as she cuts the hair of Kaneohe resident Keiki Tsuchida at her shop on River Street.
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Hirano, who did not give his last name, walks along Maunakea Street on Monday.
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Maunakea Marketplace security officer Carlos Hernandez-Rodrigues, right, talks to a pedestrian on Pauahi Street.
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Deth Soulatha, owner of Hong Fa Market, gestures while behind the counter on Monday.
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Yvette Christie, 64, who is homeless, stands on Pauahi Street on Monday.
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Elizabeth Temple, owner of Riverside Barbershop, cuts the hair of Kaneohe resident Keiki Tsuchida at her shop on River Street on Monday.
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M.P. Lei Shop co-owner Sam Say shows a photo on his mobile phone of damaged bouquets that once used to be available to patrons at the storefront on Maunakea Street.
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Bouquet holders are seen empty at the M.P. Lei Shop on Maunakea Street on Monday. Owner Sam Say deliberately keeps the holders empty as many homeless have taken the flowers and either stolen or ruined them.
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A man passes out on the sidewalk on Pauahi Street on Monday.
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Yvette Christie, 64, who is homeless, stands on Pauahi Street on Monday.
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Hirano, who did not give his last name, walks along Hotel Street on Monday.
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A homeless man sits along Hotel Street on Monday.
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Katrina Long, owner of Fred’s Sundries Store, counts change for a customer on Monday.

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