2009-05-28 News

By the Numbers

May 28, 2009
5 percent
Amount by which two rate hikes will increase Matson Navigation's fuel surcharge for Hawaii shipping; the company says more "upward adjustments" may be on the way

$2.97
Average cost of a gallon of gas in Wailuku, a 27 cent increase over last month

$9.9 million
Amount by which the value of Hawaii's floriculture industry declined from 2007 to 2008, a 9 percent drop

1,193
Minimum number of homeless people on Oahu, according to a recent city-commissioned count

Sources: AAA Hawaii, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Business News, Honolulu Advertiser

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what?
May 28, 2009 | 09:16 PM

upward adjustments? what dos that mean? more inflation?

jo
here we go again
May 28, 2009 | 09:17 PM

it only means we will have to pay more for everything

jo
Local advocate
May 29, 2009 | 02:45 AM

Pay more if you get goods from the mainland. I buy from local farmers when I can: there are farmers' markets at MCCC, both of the major malls, and out in Hana. Fruits and veggies there are usually 1/2 what they cost in the big markets and they're GROWN ON ISLAND! If you ain't already doing it, it's worth it in many ways to shop locally. At present we have too much shipped in, including stuff we have right here on Maui

Surfersue

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