Asia Pacific Forum
"Forum" lists special events and guest speakers. Send items to City Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802, or call 525-8640.
PACIFIC AND ASIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Lecture, "Key Issues of Pacific Atoll Island Economies," with Seve Paeniu, doctoral candidate in economics, UH-Manoa. 1:30-2:45 p.m. tomorrow, Kapiolani Community College, Olona 115, 4303 Diamond Head Road. Free. Call 944-7784.
Public Hearings
EDUCATION
BOARD OF EDUCATION: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Board Room, Queen Liliuokalani Building. Special meeting.
ETHICS
HAWAII STATE ETHICS COMMISSION: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, 1001 Bishop St. Pacific Tower, Suite 970. Meeting.
VOCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS: All hearings held at the Kamamalu Building, 1010 Richards St.
Real Estate Commission: 9 a.m. Wednesday, Kapuaiwa Room.
Meetings
BUSINESS
Hawaii Lawyers Care "do-it-yourself" divorce clinic. 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Waialua Community Association, 66-434 Kamehameha Highway. Registration fee is $30, but qualified clients are eligible for a waiver of the $90 court filing fee. Call 528-7046.
Hawaii Pacific University seminar on human services and social work. 12:15 p.m. next Monday, HPU, 1166 Fort St., Room 203-C or 203-D. Call 544-0238.
Human Resource Management graduate program seminar. 12:15 p.m. Dec. 1, HPU, Room 203-C or 203-D. Free. Call 544-0238.
Communication degree program seminar. 12:15 p.m. Dec. 2, HPU, Room 203-C or 203-D. Free. Call 544-0238.
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, Market Research Department research seminar, "Riding the Westbound Wave." 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 4, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Makai Ballroom. Cost is $15. Registration deadline is Friday. Call 924-0261.
Industrial Relations Research Association meeting, "Making Connections for Hawaii's Future." 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3, West Room, Pagoda Hotel. Cost is $15 for members, $17 for nonmembers. Call 956-8132.
Industry Network Corporation online shopping workshop. Noon-1:30 p.m. Dec. 3, HEI Training Room No. 2, 8th Floor, Pacific Tower, Bishop Square. Brown bag OK. Call 536-2278.
National Contract Management Association luncheon meeting, "The Basics of Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange Workshop for Hawaii Small Business!" 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Dec. 1, Pagoda Hotel. Cost is $40 advance payment or $50 on-site, and includes plenary session, materials, coffee, lunch and refreshments. Limited seating. Registration deadline is Friday. Call 523-2931.
Rotary Club of Honolulu meeting. Jill Tucker, human rights manager for Asia Reebok Worldwide Trading Co., to speak on human rights in Asia's Reebok factories. Noon today, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Monarch Room. Call 922-5526.
Small Business Development Center Network seminar, "Year-End Tax Strategies for Small Businesses." 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 3, Business Information and Counseling Center, 1111 Bishop St., Suite 204. Call 522-8131.
State Department of Health workshop on media literacy, "Selling Addiction: Tobacco and the Media." 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 4, HMSA Center Meeting Room, 818 Keeaumoku St. Includes lunch. Registration deadline is Wednesday. Call 586-4613.
Waikiki Junior Chamber of Commerce workshop, "How to Start and Operate Your Own Business." 6:30-8 p.m. today, Kakaako Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Ward Warehouse. Cost is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Limited seating. Call 734-3682.
COMMUNITY
Hawaii Space Lecture Series presents, "The Search for Life on Other Planets," by Dr. Tobias Owen, astronomer, Institute for Astronomy. 7:30 p.m. next Monday, NASA Pacific Regional Planetary Data Center, Sinclair Library Basement, Room 6, UH-Manoa. Call 956-3132.
Leeward Community College courses: "Real Estate Law Update & Ethics 1997-98," 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, $50; "Discover & Capitalize: The Personal Profile System," 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, $30; "Bookkeeping for Those Who Don't Wanna!", 8:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 2, $35; "Back to Lafter: Relief From Stress-Full Lives," 6-7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, $30; "Residential Property Management, Laws & Rules," 6-9:30 p.m. Dec. 2, $50. Classes will be held at Leeward Community College. Call 455-0477 for room locations.
Neighborhood Boards
TUESDAY
Hawaii Kai: 7 p.m. Hahaione Elementary School, 595 Pepeekeo St.
Ala Moana/Kakaako: 7 p.m. Makiki Christian Church, 829 Pensacola St.
North Shore: 7 p.m. Haleiwa Alii Beach Park, 66-167 Haleiwa Road.
Mililani/Waipio/Melemanu: 7:30 p.m. Mililani Recreation Center III, 95-281 Kaloapau St.