Hawai'i-based contractor Watts Constructors will share in a Mainland military base improvement contract that could be worth up to $300 million.

Seven contractors were selected to participate in the utility construction award, which will involve electrical, lighting, cable TV and communications systems work in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico under the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The work is expected to last until April 2015.

U.S.-HONG KONG FORUM SET FOR MAY 14

Business and government leaders will gather in Honolulu on May 14 for the first Hawaii U.S.-Hong Kong Business Forum.

"The forum will give Hawai'i's businesses the latest market intelligence on the business opportunities in mainland China with Hong Kong as the launch pad for accelerating the process of entry and growth," according to a news release from the U.S.-Hong Kong Business Association.

Speakers will include Donald Tong, Hong Kong commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs; Simon Galpin, director-general of Invest Hong Kong; and Louis Ho, regional director, Americas, for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

To register, go to www.ushkforum.org or call Barinna Poon at 383-5008.