Is the American Samoa Government (ASG) Employees Retirement Fund looking to invest in land in Honolulu?
KHJ News have been trying to find out, through official channels, after reports surfaced that a land purchase in Hawaii was under consideration.
Our emails to ASG officials have gone unanswered.
We’ve asked the Governor’s Chief Executive Assistant, the Governor’s Chief of Staff and the Director of the ASGERF office but none have responded.
We can report that on their way to their meeting in Las Vegas, members of the Retirement Fund Board of Trustees and senators inspected acreage at Kunia which ASG is interested in.
Our sources in Honolulu say, the Director of the ASG Hawaii Office, Tuiafono Vaiuli Sua Jr., coordinated the viewing of the Kunia acreage after hosting a breakfast for the travelers.
We can also report that a Samoan woman in the real estate business in Hawaii is involved in the due diligence.
According to our sources, the Kunia land being eyed is being zoned for recreational and agricultural purposes.
Both, the Senate President and House Speaker were, apparently, briefed by Governor Lemanu about the planned land purchase when they met last month.
It’s not the first time that ASG would be considering investing in Hawaii property.
A proposal, which was entertained by the Lolo Lemanu Administration, came from a local military retiree who wanted to sell his family home and land, to be used as a shelter for medical referrals from the territory to Honolulu.
Photo: An example of land on the market in Kunia.
