1999 OCAW National Conference in Hawaii, coinciding with the OCAW Hawaii Chapter’s Tenth
Anniversary celebration. OCAW National also celebrated its 1999 Biennial National Conference
honoring U.S. Senator and Mrs. Hiram Leong Fong, Sau Ung Loo Chan, and Ah Quon McElrath in
Oahu, Hawaii.
Dr. Rosie Wong, 1990 Hawaii Chapter President, with Jeannie Jew, U.S. Senator and Mrs. Hiram Fong, and Pauline Tsui
Senator and Mrs. Fong treated OCAW members to a tour of their plantation and
gardens in Kaneohe, and an authentic Hawaiian lunch. Mrs. Vicky Cayaetano and Governor
Benjamin Cayaetano hosted the anniversary event in their home, Washington Place. OCAW
National President, Jeanie F. Jew, moderated “Politics, Prose, and the Press” with three distinguished panelists: Sondra Seba, White House Office for Women’s Initiative and Outreach; The Honorable Ruby Moy, Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; and Sandra Oshiro, New Media Director, Honolulu Advertiser.