Point Cruz

The Solomon Telekom Company Limited (Our Telekom) was founded in 1988 [9] and is a joint venture company between Solomon Islands National Provident Fund, (SINPF) which hold 64.74% of the shares, and Cable & Wireless Plc of the United Kingdom which holds 32.58% of shares and the Investment Corporation of the Solomon Islands (ICSI) which owns 2.68% of the shares.[10] On the 15 October 2014 Cable & Wireless Communications divested 32.577% shareholding in Solomon Telekom Company Limited ("Soltel") to the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund Board for total cash proceeds of approximately US$16.5 million.[11][12][13]

Improvements in rural mobile network coverage have been made with the deployment of many towers constructed through the islands.[14]

In 2008 the first Solomon Islander, Loyley Ngira was appointed as chief executive officer.[15]

The Solomon Telekom Co average download speed is 709 kbit/s (89 kB/s).[16]

Following the cessation of the Guadalcanal Campaign the Solomon Islands Protectorate Government relocated from Lungga Plantation to Point Cruz. The Secretariat long leaf building was opposite the present Central Police Station and contained the post office and telecommunications office while the Public Works Department was located at the site of Central Police Station.[17]

After the April 2006 riots and the arrest of Charles Dausabea a makeshift court upstairs of the Central Police Station was established for 20 persons charged arising from last week's civil strife.[18]

In 1966 new accommodation was built for police officers behind Central Police Station and consisted of a block for single men and eight married quarters.[19]

On 25 March 2010 the Taiwanese navy ships, Wu-Yi and Kuen Ming visited Honiara and several Navy volunteers assisted paint the Central Police Station.[20]

In the 1950s the site was the location of the Woodford International School.[21]

In 2008 a young man preaching at NPF Plaza was heckled by another young man. Shortly after a citrus plant from NFP fell on the heckler where he later died.[22]

The Anthony Saru building was named after the South Malaitan MP who won the 1970 general election and unsuccessfully contested the Small Malaita Constituency in 1973.

Anthony Saru successfully moved a motion in Parliament for the introduction of a savings scheme in a form of a provident fund on the 27 November 1970 and in 1976 the Solomon Island National Provident Fund (SINPF) Social Security Scheme was established.[23]

• Solomon Island National Provident Fund HQ [23]
• Embassy of Japan [24]

• Delegation of the European Union to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

• All Saints Church
• Anglican Church
• Franciscan Rooms
• Quality Motel
• Honiara Casino

Police boats and parliament.

The Point Cruz Yacht Club is located in the Point Cruz suburb [28] and overlooks the Savo and Florida Islands.[29]

The new clubhouse of the Point Cruz Yacht Club in Honiara was opened by its Commodore, High Commissioner Sir Robert Foster, on 15 August 1964.[30]

As at 2012 there are 7 visiting cruising yachts here all swinging free on the West side of the harbor near the yellow mooring buoy.

A plaque commemorating Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro who was the only member of the United States Coast Guard to have received the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the September Matanikau action in the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II is displayed inside the Yacht Club.[31][32]

The 5 star Heritage Park Hotel was built on the site of the Old Government House which was later used as the original Art Gallery.[33][34][35]

The Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel has 96 rooms and underwent extensive renovations in 2008.[36] The Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel falls under the Japanese Kitano Construction Corp.[37] and was named after Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira.[38]

The King Solomon Hotel has 73 rooms [39]

In 1964 a resthouse was built by Baháʼí pioneer Alvin J. Blum on the site of the present-day King Solomon Hotel on Hibiscus Avenue, and became Honiara's third hotel. In 2005 the Blums were featured on Solomon Island stamps.[40]

Mere's Market is held at the Honiara Art Gallery every 2 months [46] and enables Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWINA) to showcase their businesses, create networks, share ideas and add to their incomes which has been funded by Australia since 2011.[47]

The G’day Solomon Islands film festival commenced Friday 6 June which is a collaboration with the Australian High Commission in Honiara is located in the Art Gallery grounds.[48]

The existing National Museum organises Solomon Islands dance performances and was officially opened 12 November 1999 [49] and was originally established in 1969.[50]

The Japanese Government donated grants for the construction of several buildings used by the museum.[51]

In 1991 during construction of the National Museum, construction workers unearthed thirty 75mm un-exploded Japanese rounds and several US munitions that were buried since the Guadalcanal Campaign.[52]

In 2015 the National Museum hosted an unexploded ordnance photographic display of artifacts still present since the end of WW2.[53]

The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) was established on 4 June 1956 as a statutory corporation by an Act of Parliament. It is a State Own Enterprise(SOE) and is wholly owned by the government of Solomon Islands.[54]

Currently the maximum vessel size for vessels is over 500 feet (150 m) in length [55] and the maximum depth is 9.14 metres (30.0 ft) [56]

A new International Wharf consisting of a new 180 metres (590 ft) deep sea water berth is under construction and is expected that the new wharf will be in operation in 2016 [54][57] at a cost of 24 million US dollars.[58]

Customs area, Honiara Port

In 2014 the Honiara Port was awarded with the Club of Ports' Label for Excellence as the most dynamic port in the Pacific area.[59][60]

The main South Pacific Oil terminal is located at the Honiara Port. South Pacific Oil Limited purchased Shell Pacific's business and assets in Solomon Islands in 2006 and is 100% owned by the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund. Over 85 million litres (22,000,000 US gal) of petroleum is imported annually[61]