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Tony Autoplex expanding

The Tony Group Autoplex in Waipio is growing to 10 acres to accommodate a Hyundai dealership and a car wash.

A ground-breaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday will pave the way for Tony Hyundai and the car wash to be built behind the Honda, Nissan and Volkswagen dealerships at Ka Uka Boulevard and Moaniani Street.

"Hyundai's initial quality ratings have surged past Toyota and the company will launch a new vehicle every six months for the next three years," said Stan Masamitsu, Tony Group president.

The car wash will serve the dealerships and the public. "Lots of people purchase their gas across the street at Costco nowadays, and we expect many of them will enjoy getting their cars washed at the same time," Masamitsu said.

Olelo seeks input on its election

Olelo Community Television wants public comment on its upcoming election of a volunteer board member. Eligible candidates include producers of Olelo programming. Other criteria are detailed at www.olelo.org.

The process was recommended by the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in a recent plan covering public, educational and government access to Olelo.

Public comment will be accepted through 5 p.m. Monday, after which another plan will be drafted.

Shanghai business expo planned

A Hawaii business and artistic exposition is planned in the new Xintiandi entertainment district in Shanghai from July 24-31 by Events International and the state Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.

Hawaii sponsors and participants will have the opportunity to secure a limited amount of exhibitor booths at the event. The entertainment programs and Hawaii exposition will be open throughout the week and include seminars on weddings, health and wellness, education and fashion.

For more information, reach David Booth at 734-6900 or at david@eventsint.com; or reach Steven Lee at 587-2709 orslee@dbedt.hawaii.gov.

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Judge approves Hawaiian bankruptcy schedule extension

Hawaiian Airlines' request to extend the reorganization plan filing deadlines by six weeks was approved yesterday in federal Bankruptcy Court while a hearing on three other motions was postponed until next month.

Bankruptcy Judge Robert Faris approved a motion to extend four key dates in the Chapter 11 process. Reorganization plans are now due July 29 with modifications to those plans due Aug. 9. In addition, a disclosure statement hearing is set for Aug. 31 to determine if all the plans contain the proper information to allow creditors to make an informed decision. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5, or later, depending upon the outcome of the disclosure hearing.

The hearing was postponed to June 3 at 10 a.m. on the following:

» A motion of impasse by aircraft lessor Boeing Capital Corp. and co-plan proponent Corporate Recovery Group LLC that Hawaiian Airlines trustee Joshua Gotbaum is not producing documents quickly enough;

» A motion by Corporate Recovery Group that it be allowed to share with Boeing Capital certain aspects of Hawaiian's aircraft leases with International Lease Finance Corp. and Ansett Worldwide;

» A motion by Boeing Capital to limit the trustee's production of Boeing Capital lease documents to Boeing Capital competitors.