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Speaking in Japanese, A&O Corp. President Keiichiro Asaoka said he was making available 500 acres at Pohoiki, 25 miles south of Hilo, for Matsuura's dream: a peace and wellness center.
Matsuura's son Peter said a planned golf course would still be part of the center, where his father envisions world political, business and scientific leaders spending a week or more at a time getting to know each other.
Matsuura, 65, was diagnosed in December with cancer of the pancreas which had also spread to other parts of his body.
Stan Fujimoto, state Housing Finance and Development Corp. project coordinator, says, "This part hopefully will be a small medical office facility which will complement the seniors and special-needs residences in this community."
The other hope is that the project will help the economy.
The estimated cost of this project is about $6 million, he said. "We hope this adds some stimulus."
The developer would build and own the building with height up to 25 feet on a 1.39-acre lot within the state's 22.5-acre master-planned senior community.
A medical office complex, assisted-living facility or any other complementary commercial/housing project will do.
The man was booked on multiple counts of bribery and for second-degree possession of a dangerous drug.
Officers responding to a complaint about a man with a handgun, located the suspect who appeared to be drunk on Kuhio Avenue and Makee Road in Waikiki shortly after midnight.
When requested to take a field-sobriety test, the man allegedly offered four officers $1,000 each, and a fifth officer $10,000 to skip the test.
Police found a chunk of crystal methamphetamine in the van, as well as $4,709 cash.
Aloysius K. Klink, 65, of Nanawale Estates, died when his compact sedan crossed the center line about 7 a.m. and hit an oncoming pickup truck.
The pickup driver, Gordon Souder, 66, of Hawaiian Beaches, was taken to Hilo Hospital in satisfactory condition.
An autopsy has been ordered and a negligent homicide investigation is being conducted.
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