S. 2089. introduced by Senator DANIEL AKAKA. and cosponsored by Senator DANIEL INOUYE. passed the Senate on March 3. I was pleased to cointroduce its companion. H.R. 4509. with Congressman NEIL ABERCROMBIE on December 13. 2005. Born into poverty in Honolulu in 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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