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...Territory of Hawaii, people of Asiatic descent make up almost half the islands' 540,000 population. But in the tight little islands' economy, dominated by the sugar-factoring "Big Five," they have had little chance to get rich-until Ruddy Fah Tongg came along. Ruddy showed them...
Chinese and Japanese of small means banded together in huis (syndicates), pooling their resources and promoting business enterprises. A former social service worker, Hung Wai Ching, organized his friends and swung a $320,000 deal to acquire Honolulu's gaudy Lau Yee Chai nightclub. With Ruddy Tongg, one of the most successful of the new promoters. Hung has recently started Transpacific Air Lines (inter-island). Ruddy Tongg owns a printing and publishing business in Oahu and cattle ranches on Hawaii. Chin Ho, another Chinese, organized the company which purchased the Waianae sugar plantation on Oahu...