HIFA: an Hawaii Industry in Crisis (Talk Story with John Waihee)
How Govt Regulation Impacts Business.
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\nThe host for this episode is John Waihee. The guests for this episode are Brickwood Galuteria and Leroy Jenkins.
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\nWe discuss:
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\n1. How a multimillion dollar International film industry started in Hawaii.
\n2. How/why the Hawaii International Film Association (HIFA) was created.
\n3. Local Government, Labor and community support.
\n4. The development of a successful Private-Public Partnership with Customs and Immigration and HIFA.
\n5. The arbitrary termination of the Private-Public Partnership which will cost Hawaii hundreds of well paying jobs and the lost of millions of dollars.
\n6. What needs to be done to rectify the situation..
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\nThe ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nz0VV6Nr1pYDkz6ZzUfXZV.