Fong of Hawaii. whose long life--he died last August at the age of 97was dedicated to reshaping. for the betterment of all. the social and political landscape of twentiethcentury Hawaii. Born into poverty in Honolulu on October 1907. Hiram L Fong was the seventh of 11 children of Chineseimmigrant parents. His father. Fong Sau Howe. originally from Chinas Kwangtung Province. arrived in Hawaii in 1872. one of 45.000 Chinese immigrants who came to Hawaii to work on the plantations of the islands once dominant sugar industry. His mother. Fong Lum Shee. arrived in Hawaii when she was 10 years old to work as a maid.
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