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Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Ai, Chung K. November 26, 1865 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

CHUNG K. AI, Capitalist. Son of one of the first capitalists among the Chinese 
race in Hawaii, Chung K. Ai followed his father into the business world of 
Honolulu and is especially known for his efforts in behalf of the work of the 
Pan-Pacific Union.
  Son of Chung Cho (C. Ako) and Chang Shee, he was born Nov. 26, 1865, at 
Saisan, Kwong Tung province, China, accompanying his parents to Hawaii at an 
early age. He received his education at Iolani College, Honolulu. His career 
began in 1883 when he engaged in the drygoods and tailoring business under the 
firm name of Chung K. Ai & Co. In 1887 he became a clerk in Hon. James I. 
Dowsett’s store in Honolulu, where he served until the death of the proprietor 
on June 13, 1898.
  Mr. Ai then entered business again independently as an importing merchant. 
He also organized a company to bore wells for the irrigation of sugar and rice 
plantations in 1895. In 1899, with his associates, he organized the City Mill 
Co., Ltd., Honolulu, becoming treasurer and manager, positions which he has 
held since. Recently he entered the pineapple canning industry as president of 
the Honolulu Fruit Co., Ltd. He also is cashier of the Chinese-American Bank, 
Ltd., and treasurer and manager of the Pacific Commercial Navigation Co., Ltd.
  Mr. Ai has served as president of the Chinese Hospital and was president of 
the Chinese United Society for four years. He has served on several federal 
and territorial grand juries.
  He married Seu Shee in Honolulu in 1895 and they have ten children, four 
boys and six girls. Mr. Ai is a member of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, Ad 
Club, Hawaiian Board of Missions, and the Pan-Pacific Union.


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