Source: The Honolulu Advertiser

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Aug/21/il/il18a.html

On August 21, 2004 The Honolulu Advertiser reported that, "over the summer, Taoist master Duane Pang led a free workshop with St. Francis Hospice on 'Chinese Religious Death and Dying Traditions and Customs in Hawai'i' at Borthwick Mortuary. Nearly 200 people heard Pang discuss the integration of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism in Chinese culture and explain local Taoist practices that differ from those in China... With certain Chinese religious traditions being assimilated into American culture, it's interesting to note that Taoism itself seems to be doing just fine — in its heartland, especially... As for Taoism in the United States, it's in a relatively 'in-authentic, New Age form.'"