Seeking a better life for their children, Ching Hook and Kam Sing relocated the family to Honolulu. Clarence enrolled at Saint Louis School, a private Catholic Marianist school founded in 1846. He excelled both in and out of the classroom. He was twice elected Class President and became a member of the school’s Chinese Literacy Improvement Association, an honor bestowed to students earning a scholastic average of 85 percent or higher. And although he was frail and sickly as a child, Clarence developed his body and endurance to become a champion boxer in high school.
He proved that a humble beginning is no barrier if one has constructive dreams and the ability and determination to make them come true
Upon graduating from Saint Louis in 1932, Clarence attended night school and studied real estate and insurance. He married Dorothy Sau Pung Tom, with whom he had three children: Lawrence, Wallace and Jocelyn. By the late 1930s, he was managing the family store at Damon Tract, a residential and agricultural area next to what is now known as the Honolulu International Airport. He also began dabbling in real estate.
In 1956, Clarence and his business partner purchased 233 acres of Damon Tract. Less than a year later, the land was rezoned for airport and industrial use. Together, they developed Damon Tract into the Airport Industrial Park.
Read a few excerpts from A Prophecy Fulfilled: The Story of Clarence T.C. Ching.
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