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IN MAY, 1973, IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION NOW IN THE COURTS, THE LAND USE COMMISSION AGREED TO RECLASSIFY 22,340 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF LANAI FOR URBAN USE. LAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE (SHOWN HERE) IS TOO DRY FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION (HOUSES TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS) WOULD BE IN THIS AREA. IN BACKGROUND IS MAUI ISLAND

"SEA TRANSIT" FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE. A GAME OF CARDS EN ROUTE

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PART OF CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

WAIKIKI BEACH AREA. WAIKIKI IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOT ON THE ISLAND. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS ON ALL OF OAHU. TEN YEARS LATER THE NUMBER IS 26,000 ROOMS, AND MOST ARE IN WAIKIKI

KOKO HEAD PARK IN THE HANAUMA BAY MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A POPULAR SNORKELING AND SKIN DIVING SPOT. ALL MARINE LIFE IS PROTECTED HERE

PARADISE PARK, A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND, IS IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN "CONSERVATION" ZONES

WITH PINEAPPLE FIELDS AS HIS ARENA, HENRI AKI TAKES HIS HORSE FOR A LATE AFTERNOON TRAINING SESSION NEAR LANAI CITY. PINEAPPLE GROWING TAKES UP 16,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND'S TERRITORY

THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE "GARDEN ISLE" BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

10,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IS DEVOTED TO GROWING MACADAMIA NUTS, AND PRODUCTION IS INCREASING. AT THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN PLANT NEAR KEAAU, WORKERS PLANT NEW TREES IN AN EXPANSION WHICH IS DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE GROWING STOCK. THIS PLANT IS THE LARGEST PROCESSOR IN THE WORLD. HIROSHI OOKA, HORTICULTURALIST FOR THE PLANT, INSPECTS A SCREEN HE DESIGNED FOR CATCHING VALUABLE NUTS

KUALAPUU RESERVOIR, BUILT TO CAPTURE HEAVY RAINFALL ON "WET" SIDE OF ISLAND, IS IMPORTANT TO MOLOKAI'S AGRICULTURE. DEVELOPERS WANT USE OF THE WATER, PROMISE TO REPLACE WHAT THEY TAKE. PLAINTIFFS IN A SUIT AGAINST THEM CLAIM WATER USED FOR REPLACEMENT WILL BE BRACKISH AND CROPS WILL SUFFER

KALAKAUA AVENUE IS THE MAIN STREET OF THE WAIKIKI BEACH AREA