This is the 3rd time I've posted this in different Civil Beat articles, without a single response from any reader or journalist or official or council member. I think this is a VERY important unanswered issue, and am very curious as to how many other buildings in Honolulu fall into this category:

Every article published by every media outlet since the Marco Polo fire has cited 1975 as the year the sprinkler requirement went into effect for residential high rises.
My 30-story 250-unit Honolulu high rise was built in 1979 and there are NO sprinklers in the building. Our board members and building manager are unable to explain this discrepancy.
Can Civil Beat please do a story on the specific 1975 law that is repeatedly cited by the media? A four-year lapse seems like a very long deferment period to comply with the law for new construction. I would hate to think some funny business or under the table deal allowed my building to evade the sprinkler requirement four years after the fact.