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. 28 through Feb. 13, 567 S. King St., Suite 105. Call 524-1225.

Cement and Concrete Products Industry of Hawaii conducts concrete jointing and nonstructural concrete cracks seminar. Speaker Colin Turton of Concrete Diagnostic Technology leads the seminar for contractors, engineers, architects, construction inspectors and the concrete industry. 8-11:30 a.m. Feb. 5, Pagoda Hotel, C'est Si Bon. Free, but must register. Call 833-1882.

Hawaii Business Education Association annual state conference. Friday and Saturday. More information on the web at http://

alaike.lcc.hawaii.edu/businessed/hbea, or call 455-0346.

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties panel discussion. "1997 Commercial Real Estate Leasing Market Forecast," 7:45-10 a.m. Thursday, Pacific Club main dining room. Cost includes breakfast. Prepaid: members $25, nonmembers $35. At the door: members $30, nonmembers $40. Registration deadline, Tuesday. Call 262-0909.

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COMMUNITY

National Speakers Association, "4th Annual Speakers School." Sharpen your presentation skills. 7:30 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Ala Moana Hotel. Cost in advance: $50 members, $60 nonmembers. At the door: $65 members, $75 nonmembers. Call 377-5679.

Tutu's House discussion on a nuclear-free Pacific with silk-screen artist, Mayumi Oda and activist, Claire Greensfelder, recently returned from a nuclear-free conference in Tahiti. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Tutu's House in Kamuela. Call 1-808-885-7706.