surf meet city life. A
place where historic
names like Kalakaua AND
KUHIO.. meet modern names
like Hilton & TRUMP.
Its Arguably the cash cow
of the state because just
about every vacation to
Hawaii somehow involves
Waikiki.
Tonight it's a new
installment of our
popular segment...
KITV4's Ann Sterling
takes us to Waikiki...
It's Where You Live...
waikiki hula tape Nats
Conch Shell 5.27 Nats
hula 14.29 IT'S SUNDOWN
ON WAIKIKI... AND
TOURISTS
GATHER BY THE HUNDREDS AT
KU-HIO BEACH. waikiki
hula tape 20.25 today was
beautiful 21.40 hawaiian
culture and hula touch me
Nats hula 14.29 TO
SOME... THIS IS HAWAII..
Nats CLAP hula TO
HAWAII... THIS DRIVES
OUR ECONOMY.
WAIKIKI IS WHERE SAND AND
SURF MEET CITY LIFE. you
can find WORLD CLASS
HOTELS.... THE FINEST
RESTAURANTS .... AND
HOTTEST NIGHTSPOTS
tape waikiki stuff ann
sterling 40.52 cabaRAE
nats tape abel Abel
Tamargo 48.42 that's a
good way of putting it.
Big city feeling in a
smaller environment...
Safer environment. 48.46
WAIKIKI IS NOT ONLY A
MAGNET FOR BUSINESS AND
TOURISM, FOR MANY: IT'S
HOME. nats car whiz by
MAKING TRAFFIC TIE-UPS
AND PARKING PROBLEMS A
PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
tape abel Abel
Tamargo 42.07 oh parking
is a fiasco. You know
what I mean? For example
you have people who park
at the ala wai on Monday
and Friday's if you sleep
in your cars going to be
towed. 42.16 tape
pohai 14.19 it's sad
locals don't come down
here. when you come to
waikiki, you get past the
traffic, you find your
parking place put your
toe in the ocean and feel
the warmth as it embraces
you. 14.36 THE MANY
SECTIONS OF BEACH IN
WAIKIKI ...... STRETCH
ABOUT 2 MILES -- RIGHT
NEAR THE MIDDLE IS THE
ROYAL HAWAIIAN LUAU.
tape royal hawaiian
Nats THE HULA SHARES THE
STORY OF WAIKIKI nats
hula IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
------ BUT AT ONE TIME
THERE WERE NO HOTELS
HERE. THE AREA WAS MOSTLY
MARSHLAND. tape pohai
5.24 you have to
picture waikiki as much
more marshy. a lot of
fish ponds with rice
fields. it wasn't what it
is today with lots of
cement buildings and
modern accomodations
5.36. tape royal
hawaiian 22.01 guys hula
king story YEARS
LATER-- IN THE 1800'S--
WAIKIKI WAS THE PLACE
WHERE ROYALTY HUNG OUT.
tape royal hawaiian
23.14 all hale kamehameha
our great king. 23.16
-- IT STARTED WITH KING
KAMEHAMEHA.... WHO LIKE
MANY OTHER KINGS ENJOYED
SURFING . tape pohai
6.38 I think people
forget Hawaii brought
surf to the world. Its so
modernized now 45 THE
WAIKIKI WE KNOW ---
STARTED TAKING SHAPE WHEN
THE FIRST HOTELS STARTED
POPPING UP. THE MOANA IN
1901. THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN
IN 1927. tape royal
hawaiian beach boy nats
from hula 27.26 AND AS
THE STORY GOES -- NEXT
CAME THE BEACH BOYS.
tape pohai 12.42.
That's probably the most
safe host you'll have in
the water. They have a
long history and all are
avid surfers and
swimmers. They have a
strong sense of being
here and taking care of
the people that visit. 51
tape mike nats
57.21 how are you... how
are you?
AND IT SEEMS THE BEACH
BOYS KNOW EVERYONE WHO
WORK ON THIS BEACH. 55.58
gilbert here? Gilbert? he
still in the water. YOU
COULD SAY FOR MICHAEL AH
CHOY BEING A BEACH BOY IS
A FAMILY AFFAIR .... HIS
TWO OLDER BROTHERS WERE
BEACH BOYS, TOO. tape
mike 37.26-32 this was
Disneyland for us. we
didn't want to do
anything else we didn't
want to go anywhere else.
AND THEY DIDNT....
MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY
GREW UP IN WAIKIKI. IN
FACT MOST OF HIS FAMILY
STILL LIVES HERE TODAY.
tape mike 11.35 all
this was houses. AH CHOY
TOOK US BACK TO HIS
CHILDHOOD HOME .......
tape mike 5.40 this is
where we lived ----5.40
5.45 it's a bustop!!
unfortunately . you know
what the house might not
be here, but the memories
and my heart are still
here. 5.53 MORE AND MORE
HOMES GAVE WAY TO
HOTELS... ALL IN THE NAME
OF PROGRESS....... AND
WITH GROWTH COMES BIG
CITY PROBLEMS. tape
waikiki stuff ann
WAIKIKI HAS ONE OF THE
WORST PROSTITION PROBLEMS
IN THE STATE.
AND THE HOMELESS PROBLEM
PLAQUES THE AREA. tape
mike 45.35 I have friends
who grew up here that are
homeless I feel for them.
The choice they made or
disabilities they have
it's unfortunate 45.44
STAND UP
IN A CROWD OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE --- IT'S NOT
HARD TO spot HOMELESS
PEOPLE HERE ON THE
STREETS OF WAIKIKI. RIGHT
NOW THE MAYOR IS TRYING
NUMEROUS INITIATIVES TO
TRY AND SOLVE THE
PROBLEM. ... BUT MANY
LOCALS WORRY ALONG WITH
PROGRESS AND GROWTH
........ WAIKIKI IS
LOSING WHAT MAKES
HAWAII.... HAWAII 52.26
what's deterorating and I
know for sure is the
aloha spirit on the beach
here. 52.33 HE BELIEVES
EVEN THE STAPLE OF
WAIKIKI... THE BEACH BOY,
IS A DYING BREED. 52.39
to run a stand you have
to have a lot of money.
Put in a bid. It's very
difficult making a living
to run a stand. For the
old timers yea. 52.45
52.50 the way the
policy's and rules are
now it's easy to get a
surf license. 55 SURF
STANDS ARE SCATTERED ALL
OVER THE BEACH. AND Its
been said COMPETITION
DRIVES PEOPLE TO SUCCEED
--- BUT AH CHOY SAYS...
SOME THINGS NEED TO BE
EARNED AND NOT BOUGHT.
tape mike 3.53.02 I
know one beach boy, he's
been here since the
50's.. 15 years, he's a
second captain. Before he
got his captains license.
It's a pecking order you
needed to earn that. It's
not given. 53.13 WHAT IS
GIVEN ... THE BEACHES
THAT MAKE UP WAIKIKI ARE
SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS
BEACHES IN THE WORLD. A
BUCKET-LIST DESTINATION.
A PLACE TO SURF---
SNORKEL -- PADDLE AND
PEOPLE WATCH. BUT WITH
CONSTANT CHANGE.. WILL IT
ALWAYS BE THE ECONOMIC
ENGINE OF THE STATE?
20.43-48 I see maturing
tourism markets on the
neighbor islands. 20.54
it may become where the
neighbor islands become
competition for
waikiki... 20.56 nats
hula again or surf??? AS
A NEW DAY BEGINS..... THE
SUN AND THE SEA EMBRACE
WAIKIKI ... AS THE SOUTH
SHORE COMMUNITY CONTINUES
TO TRY AND STRIKE THAT
BALANCE BETWEEN CHANGE...
PROGRESS... HISTORY, AND
ALOHA. AS KITV-4 NEWS
Tomorrow on KITV-4
MORNING NEWS ... Why
some say Waikiki is not
only the GOLD MINE of
Oahu, but is the reason
many tourists travel to
the neighbor islands,