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HILLSIDE HOMES ON HONOLULU'S EAST SIDE. STATE LAND USE LAWS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO HOLD DOWN FAST DEVELOPMENTS AND TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH ARE THE EASIEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL TO DEVELOP

ANCIENT STATUES IN THE CITY OF REFUGE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK NEAR HONAUNAU ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

HONOMANU BAY LIES IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF THE ISLAND

KALAKAUA AVENUE IS THE MAIN STREET OF THE WAIKIKI BEACH AREA

KAMCHAMCHA HIGHWAY SOUTH OF MILILANI TOWN IS LITTERED

HIBISCUS FLOWERS THRIVE ON ALL THE ISLANDS

TOURISTS VIEW WAIMEA CANYON

HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

CLOSED-OFF AREA EARMARKED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE LAND USE COMMISSION HAS RECENTLY AWARDED DEVELOPERS A SPECIAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A 350-ROOM HOTEL AND A 74-UNIT CONDOMINIUM ON THIS TRACT NEAR KALAPANA. PROPONENTS CLAIM THAT THIS WILL CREATE 500 NEEDED JOBS IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREA

MAIN STREET OF KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI'S PRINCIPAL TOWN, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES

H-1 FREEWAY, LIKE ALL HAWAII'S HIGHWAYS, IS VIRTUALLY FREE OF BILLBOARDS