ʻO Simone Bassous, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka New York Chapter no ka Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), kaʻana i kēlā PAW Ua hala ka lālā ʻo Lloyd Cole i kēia lā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia:

Minamina loa wau i kēia lā. Ua eo mākou iā Lloyd Cole.

I Lloyd he hoaaloha kā mākou, he hoa hana, he lālā, he hoa hele - he kamaʻāina o ka honua.

Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Lloyd i kona lā hānau he 92 ma Rehab ma Riverdale, NY. Ua hāʻule ʻo ia, ʻoki kino, a hele i kahi hale rehab āna i makemake ai, akā ma hope Covid-19 mea paʻakikī. Ma muli o ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o kekahi mea kipa, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke komo i kahi kamepiula. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu makemake ʻo ia i waho a ke nānā nei i mua i ka hoʻi i ka home.

Ua komo ʻo Lloyd i nā hanana ʻoihana huakaʻi e like me ka hiki a huakaʻi e like me ka hiki. Ua hana ʻē ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokoe no kā mākou ʻahaʻaina makahiki hou Lunar.

Ua hala maluhia ʻo Lloyd i kāna hiamoe i kēia lā. E hala mākou i ka hohonu o kona ʻike, kona hoihoi no ka huakaʻi, a me kāna wit.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo PATA i ka makahiki 1951 a ʻaʻole ia he hui waiwai-ʻole no ka hui a he mana nui no ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻĀkia ʻAsia Pakipika. Hoʻohanohano nui ʻia ka ʻAhahui no ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he catalyst no ka hoʻomohala kuleana o ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi i, mai, a ma waena o ka ʻĀkia Asia ʻāina. Hāʻawi ʻo PATA i ke kākoʻo kūlike, ka noiʻi ʻike, a me nā hanana hou i kāna mau hui lālā.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ke keʻena nui ʻo PATA ma Siam Tower, Bangkok, Thailand. He mau keʻena ʻo PATA ma Kina a me Sydney, a me nā ʻelele ma Dubai a me Ladana.

Kōkua ʻo PATA i kāna mau lālā e kūkulu i kā lākou ʻoihana, nā ʻoihana, nā poʻe, ka inoa, a me ka ʻike. ʻO kāna mau hana nui e nānā i ka noiʻi ʻike, ke kākoʻo kūpono, a me nā hanana hou. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau pou ʻekolu ma ke kahua o ka hoʻomohala waiwai kanaka, ʻoiai ʻo ka paʻa a me ke kuleana kaiāulu ke kaupaku ma luna o ka hui, e pale ana iā ia no ka wā e hiki mai ana.