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Over 7,500 hotel rooms
re-painted and wall covered.
Celebrating
27 Years of
Quality Work at a
Reasonable Price
Celebrating 26 Years of Quality
Work at a Reasonable Price
We have successfully serviced Hawaii's hotel and
condominium industries, as well as Oahu's hospitals
and public and private business since 1983 by
practicing one basic business principle:
A Commitment to excellence and affordability.
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10 Hawaii Hospitality ■ January/February 2010
We have successfully serviced
Hawaii’s hotel and condominium
industries, as well as Oahu’s
hospitals and public and
private business since 1983 by
practicing one basic business
principle: A commitment to
Excellence and Affordability.
Contact us for a free
consultation and list of
references at 808 671-3773
or email us at
09-HFA-1144A HiHospitality 11/23/09 3:05 PM oahuptg@hawaii.rr.com
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down on your hands
and knees, and you
can find all kinds of
things,” he says.
now 64, lepage
is starting to think
about retirement and
devoting more time
to his hobbies. he Lepage enjoys singing Elvis
enjoys basketball, Presley, Roy Orbison and
Buddy Holly songs during
hiking, fishing, skin
his Saturday poolside shows.
diving, scuba diving
and wants to start surfing again. he also
has a lot of fun with his wife, Joann.
“the two of us are laughing all the
time,” he says. “i have a good time with
her. i think we keep each other young.”
vinCenT lin,
general maintenance and
lead engineer, outrigger
reef on the Beach
lin moved from Guangdong, china to
honolulu in 2000. he studied English,
got a housekeeping job with outrigger,
took vocational classes in his spare time
and started a family. (he and his wife
have a girl and boy, ages five and four,
respectively.) he likes hawaii — enjoys
going to the beach and swimming —
and says, frankly, he wouldn’t go back
to china.
“hawaii is like open air. Even in our
hotel, it’s open air,” lin says. “You feel
free. Whatever you want, you go and
then you talk to your supervisor. then,
if it’s really necessary or good for the
hotel, they will give you the chance.
china is sometimes limited. You’ve
got to have some relationships with
somebody, that kind of stuff.”
lin’s first job in hawaii was as a
houseman at the ohAnA reef tower
(now a Wyndham). When the ohAnA
reef began its renovation/rebranding,
he transferred to the outrigger reef