Point Cruz
| Point Cruz | |
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Aerial of Point Cruz
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 Point Cruz
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| Coordinates: 9°26′S 159°57′E / 9.433°S 159.950°ECoordinates: 9°26′S 159°57′E / 9.433°S 159.950°E | |
| Country |
 Solomon Islands
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| Province | Honiara Town |
| Island | Guadalcanal |
| Elevation | 29 - 100 m (−299 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+11) |
Point Cruz is a peninsula and is a suburb in Honiara located in the main center on the Tandai Highway. Point Cruz is in the Honiara City Council ward of Cruz. and is East of Town Ground and West of Tuvaruhu.
Point Cruz (Ghari language name: naho-ni-ara; translation, "facing the east and southeast trade winds") is the CBD area of 'Honiara' which is a Ghari language name for the piece of land west of Point Cruz
The Point Cruz peninsular and surrounding areas were the locations for many battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
In March 1959 the Royal yacht HMY Britannia docked at the Point Cruz wharf as part of the Royal visit by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Several government and business offices are situated in the suburb.
The Solomon Telekom Company Limited (Our Telekom) was founded in 1988 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. 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.
Improvements in rural mobile network coverage have been made with the deployment of many towers constructed through the islands.
In 2008 the first Solomon Islander, Loyley Ngira was appointed as Chief Executive Officer.
The Solomon Telekom Co average download speed is 709 kbit/s (89 kB/s).
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.
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.
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