{"id":99992,"date":"2026-02-11T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=99992"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:57:08","slug":"a-taste-of-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/a-taste-of-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_99993\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99993\" class=\"wp-image-99993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/mw-cover-hawaii-hong-kong-festival-021826-lt004_hero_cmyk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/mw-cover-hawaii-hong-kong-festival-021826-lt004_hero_cmyk.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/mw-cover-hawaii-hong-kong-festival-021826-lt004_hero_cmyk.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/mw-cover-hawaii-hong-kong-festival-021826-lt004_hero_cmyk.jpg?resize=335,223 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lawrence Tabudlo<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">E<\/span>ntertainment comes naturally to Barinna Poon. The president of the Hong Kong Business Association of Hawai\u2018i was once a pop singer in the bustling southern Chinese city known variously as the \u201cPearl of the Orient\u201d and \u201cAsia\u2019s World City.\u201d So it\u2019s no surprise that organizing a festival was on her bucket list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">And this year, just in time for the Hong Kong Business Association of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s 30th anniversary, it finally came together.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The inaugural Honolulu-Hong Kong Festival kicked off Jan. 31 on Fort Street Mall with an hours-long celebration that included prize giveaways, local street food vendors, Chinese lion dancers, traditional Cantonese opera, Chinese zodiac readings and a contest highlighting cheongsam, or traditional Chinese gowns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The theme was \u201cTemple Street Market\u201d \u2014 a nod to the popular night market in Hong Kong.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPeople in Hawai\u2018i are very laid back,\u201d Poon notes. \u201cSo if I did a fancy event, only like 50 people would go. And I didn\u2019t want just 50 people. I wanted the majority of people, not just high-end, not just low-end, but everybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Hundreds of folks showed up throughout the evening, turning Fort Street Mall into a lively celebration of food and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Among those in attendance were Gov. Josh Green, City &amp; County of Honolulu managing director Michael Formby, state Sen. Carol Fukunaga and state Rep. Adrian Tam. Former state House speaker Calvin Say was the festival\u2019s honorary chair.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">All were gratified by the turnout, with Green and Formby in particular noting that events like this go a long way toward revitalizing downtown Honolulu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Also there was Iris Wong, representing the festival\u2019s title sponsor, the Hong Kong Economic &amp; Trade Office. Based in San Francisco, the trade office represents the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government in the western part of the United States. Her presence was a reminder that the evening was about more than food and music, it was also an opportunity to spotlight economic opportunities in Hong Kong.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Overall, it seemed like an auspicious start to the festival \u2014 and it was just the beginning. The Honolulu-Hong Kong Festival is actually a monthlong affair, and there are several other activities planned for February (see schedule on page 14).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">P<\/span>oon, director of investment and leasing for the Hong Kong and China Division of Cushman &amp; Wakefield ChaneyBrooks, first became president of the Hong Kong Business Association of Hawai\u2018i back in 2008. Even then, she says, the idea of a festival was on her mind. But the timing wasn\u2019t right.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The HKBAH was originally founded in 1996 by a group of younger individuals who had moved to Hawai\u2018i from Hong Kong more recently, according to Poon. They saw their organization as a link between the Aloha State and Hong Kong, which is part of China\u2019s Greater Bay Area \u2014 an economic megalopolis that also includes Macau. The organization also promoted networking through business-friendly events such as golf tournaments and networking events.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2010, Poon became president of the U.S.-Hong Kong Business Association, the umbrella organization for the HKBAH. In this role, she got to choose where to hold the organization\u2019s national caucus meeting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOf course, I chose Hawai\u2018i,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">That gathering, which included business forums, workshops and tours of O\u2018ahu, welcomed 150 guests. Poon admits the number was small compared to other business conventions that make their way to the islands, but she still considered it a success because attendees left with a positive view of Hawai\u2018i.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The HKBAH hosted three more business forums in Hawai\u2018i \u2014&nbsp;in 2014, 2019 and 2023, according to Poon.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe visitors felt very good about Hawai\u2018i,\u201d Poon says. \u201cThey liked what they saw when they came, they have good memories of their visit. So we did our part to be Hawai\u2018i ambassadors to them \u2026 And here in Hawai\u2018i we do our part to be Hong Kong ambassadors. So in that way we are bridging the gap.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Even as she was organizing these business forums, Poon kept a foot in the music scene. Through HKBAH, she organized a series of \u201cHong Kong concerts.\u201d The first, held at Hawai\u2018i Theatre in 2012, drew a crowd of about 800 people.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The performers were friends of Poon\u2019s who were well-known singers in Hong Kong.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOf course, they were not young any more, but they were still singing and they still had some name recognition,\u201d she says. \u201cI asked them to come, saying, \u2018Well, you\u2019ve never been to Hawai\u2018i before so I\u2019ll be your tour guide, and in return, you sing one night for me.\u2019 And they all agreed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">That first concert led to four more. The latest, billed as The Good Old Days Concert \u2013 Shanghai Jazz Meets HK Pop, took place in 2024 at Blue Note Hawai\u2018i. It featured Albert Cheung, Suzan Guterres, Jenny Keung, Cathy Foy and Poon.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">While Poon clearly enjoys singing \u2014 she performed a short number at the Temple Street Night Market on Jan. 31 \u2014&nbsp;she was able to keep the concert series going because there was enough demand for it in the community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">S<\/span><span class=\"s1\">inging is what initially brought Poon to Hawai\u2018i in 1989. Although she had established herself as a singer in Hong Kong, in the late 1980s, she began putting on shows overseas. She performed throughout Asia and Europe, and in Australia. She was singing in San Francisco in 1989, she says, when someone from Hawai\u2018i approached her with an offer to sing at a club in Honolulu\u2019s Chinatown. He proposed a monthlong residency.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Poon said she wasn\u2019t interested. Hawai\u2018i seemed like too small of a market to make money singing, and a month seemed like too long of a time to stay there. Still, she agreed to a deal to sing for 10 days.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">She says the first couple of nights, no one came to her show. But as word spread that the club had a new singer from Hong Kong, people turned out in droves and she found herself playing to a full house.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI felt very grateful and happy,\u201d she recalls. \u201cAnd everyone in Hawai\u2018i was so warm and everything was so good \u2014 the coconut trees, the beaches \u2014 I started thinking, \u2018Wow, if I could stay here that would be nice.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Then the Tiananmen Square Massacre unfolded on June 3-4, 1989. Poon had been scheduled to perform at a concert in Beijing in September of that year, but it was canceled. Understanding that it might be a while before she could perform pop songs in China again, she decided to stay in Hawai\u2018i.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo it was an accident,\u201d she says of Hawai\u2018i becoming her home. \u201cI didn\u2019t plan it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Nonetheless, she persevered, working multiple jobs while raising her daughter. And she never gave up on her idea for a Honolulu-Hong Kong Festival. She kept pitching the idea until, finally, the Hong Kong Economic &amp; Trade Office agreed to sponsor it. It\u2019s not surprising to learn that Poon actually wanted a much more ambitious program, with nearly double the number of events, but she eventually agreed to pare it down.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">After all, as she pointed out earlier, Hawai\u2018i is a laid-back place. 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