HIFA: an Hawaii Industry in Crisis (Talk Story with John Waihee)
How Govt Regulation Impacts Business. The host for this episode is John Waihee. The guests for this episode are Brickwood Galuteria and Leroy Jenkins.
We discuss:
1. How a multimillion dollar International film industry started in Hawaii.
2. How/why the Hawaii International Film Association (HIFA) was created.
3. Local Government, Labor and community support.
4. The development of a successful Private-Public Partnership with Customs and Immigration and HIFA.
5. The arbitrary termination of the Private-Public Partnership which will cost Hawaii hundreds of well paying jobs and the lost of millions of dollars.
6. What needs to be done to rectify the situation..
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