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 ASIA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION: Membership meeting. Thursday, Hawaii Prince Hotel, Mauna Kea Ball room. Cost is as follows: morning conference only, $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers; conference and lunch, $60 for members, $65 for nonmembers; or lunch only, $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers. Call 832-0140.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
EDUCATION
BOARD OF EDUCATION: 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Waiakea High School cafeteria, 155 W. Kawili St., Hilo. General business meeting.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: 1:30 p.m. next Monday, state Capitol, conference room 229. Informational briefing on the executive budget requests of the Department of Human Services.
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Human Resources Conference Room, City Hall Annex. Zoning variance applications by: Lily K.H. Ochoco and Garret I. and Carolyn A. Watanabe to allow an addition to a nonconforming single-family dwelling to encroach into the required side yard and height setback, and to increase nonconformity; USPO Galleria LLC to allow a change in use with less than the required off-street parking and loading spaces; Evershine VIII LP to allow additions to a single-family dwelling which exceeds the maximum height setback, increasing nonconformity; DFS Group LP to allow additions to a commercial building, with less than the required off-street parking.
2 p.m. Friday, Human Resources Conference Room, City Hall Annex. Hearing to consider application by MNS Ltd. for a special district permit to demolish a nonhistoric single-family structure, construct a single-story, 1,450-square-foot convenience store for ABC Stores, make improvements to an existing mini park/bus stop, and construct a new bus shelter.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, City Hall Annex. Meeting.
VOCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS: All hearings held at the Kamamalu Building, 1010 Richards St.:
Contractors License Board: 9 a.m. next Monday, Kuhina Nui Room.
Dental Examiners: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kapuaiwa Room.
Veterinary Examiners: 1 p.m. Friday, Kuhina Nui Room.
MEETINGS
BUSINESS
Association of Records Managers and Administrators presentation, "Y2K Impact on Business: Countdown to the Millennium." 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 13, Ala Moana Hotel. Call 543-8531.
Common Cause Hawaii annual citizen workshop featuring former State Rep. Annelle Amaral, Dan Mollway of the State Ethics Commission, Rev. Frank Chong of the Waikiki Health Center, Sen. Les Ihara, Rep. Dennis Arakaki and Rep. Cynthia Thielen. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, state Capitol Room 016. Cost is $5. Call 524-7084.
Association of Purchasing Management dinner meeting on inventory management and cash flow. 5 p.m. Jan. 14, Honolulu Club Restaurant, 932 Ward Ave. Cost is $20. Registration deadline is Friday. Call 531-3128.
Retail Merchants of Hawaii evening with Hawaii's elected officials. 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Hilton Hawaiian Village. Cost is $55 for members and $70 for nonmembers. Call 592-4200.
Small Business Hawaii 23rd Annual Business Conference, "Small Business Success Stories -- 1998." 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. January 13, Ala Moana Hotel. Call 396-1724.
COMMUNITY
Kailua Public Library workshops, "How to Get the Job You Want in Hawaii" and "How to Self-Publish Your Book," with author/self-publisher Rich Budnick. 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 16, Kailua Public Library. Call 266-9911.
Moiliili Community Center annual meeting breakfast, "Year of Remembrance: Look How Far We Have Come," with storyteller Glen Grant. 8 a.m. Jan. 16, Pagoda Restaurant, East Ballroom. Cost is $15 regular, $13 seniors. Registration deadline is next Monday. Call 955-1555.
W.M. Keck Observatory public talk, "Einstein's Biggest Blunder: The Case for an Expanding Universe." 7 p.m. Thursday, Gates Performing Arts Center, upper campus of Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Call 885-7887.
NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS
TUESDAY
Waianae Coast: 7 p.m. Waianae Neighborhood Community Center, 85-670 Farrington Highway.
WEDNESDAY
Kaimuki: 7 p.m. Kaimuki Recreation Center, 3521 Waialae Ave.
THURSDAY
Downtown: 7 p.m. Pauahi Recreation Center, 171 N. Pauahi St.
Kailua: 7 p.m. Kailua Recreation Center, 21 S. Kainalu Drive.
Kuliouou/Kalani Iki: 7:30 p.m. Aina Haina Library, 5246 Kalanianaole Highway.
MONDAY
Liliha/Kapalama: 7 p.m. Maemae Elementary School, 319 Wyllie St.
Wahiawa: 7 p.m. Wahiawa Recreation Center, Halekoa Bldg., 1139-A Kilani Ave.
Aiea: 7:30 p.m. Aiea Library, 99-143 Moanalua Road.
Waimanalo: 7:30 p.m. Waimanalo Public and School Library, 41-1320 Kalanianaole Highway.
