BUSINESS
Alu Like, Inc.: Training program for people of native Hawaiian ancestry interested in starting or expanding a business. 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 21 through Feb. 13, 567 S. King St., Suite 105. Call 524-1225.
Hawaii Business Education Association annual state conference. Jan. 31 to Feb. 1. More information on the web at http://alaike.lcc.hawaii.edu/businessed/hbea/, or call 455-0346.
Hawaii Public Broadcasting Authority board of directors meeting, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Hawaii Public Television, Studio A, 2350 Dole St.
Industrial Relations Research Association, Hawaii Chapter, meeting. Bernice Bowers, executive director of the Oahu Economic Development Board, will speak on "Oahu's First Action Plan." Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 30, Ala Moana Hotel, Carnation Room. Cost: $20 members, $22 nonmembers. Call 956-8132 by Thursday.
Kailua Chamber of Commerce annual installation of officers, Gov. Ben Cayetano to speak. Noon Wednesday, Mid Pacific Country Club in Lanikai. Lunch available for $11. Call 261-2727.
Pacific Asia Travel Association, Hawaii Chapter, "Tourism Legislation 1997." Representatives from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism and the travel industry. Registration begins 11:30 a.m. Jan. 29. Cost: $25 members, $30 nonmembers, including lunch. Reservation deadline: Friday. Call 832-0140.
COMMUNITY
Friends of the East-West Center luncheon and discussion on "Global Understanding Through the Information Super Highway" with panelists Richard Taylor, Palmer Chair of Law and Telecommunications Studies, Pennsylvania State University; and Erik Bohlin, professor and board member, International Telecommunications Society, Chalmers University, Gotenborg, Sweden; 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Hale Koa Hotel, Laulima 1 & 2. Cost: $14 members, $16 nonmembers, including lunch. Reservation deadline: today. Call 944-7691.
Kauai Historical Society, "The Legend of Kawelo-lei-mauka," presented by author F.B. Bruce Wichman, 7 p.m. Thursday, Coconut Beach Hotel, Paddle Room, Wailua, Kauai.
National Speakers Association, "4th Annual Speakers School." Sharpen your presentation skills. 7:30 a.m. to noon Jan. 28, Ala Moana Hotel. Cost in advance: $50 members, $60 nonmembers. At the door: $65 members, $75 nonmembers. Call 377-5679.