Honiara Hotel fare. On Sunday 1 June 1969 the hotel was opened with an event held between 17:30 and 19:30 and attended by around 400 guests including Tommy Chan's father Chan Wing. During the April/May 2006 riots in Honiara, Sir Tommy Chan, owner of the Honiara Hotel, a naturalised Chinese of the Islands, the hotel and his son's shop were targeted for attack but escaped due to support from some islanders, Christian brotherhood and the police. Honiara Hotel The Honiara Hotel is located in Chinatown in Honiara, Solomon Islands. It is a 56-room establishment which has different grades of rooms catering to
Honiara Central Market being the Kukum Market). For more information, cf. § Management. The market has its own water frontage at Iron Bottom Sound, in order for boats to be pulled in. As such, fisherman can take their catches straight to the market via a boat ramp, seen as significant symbol of how the freshness of fish is valued by Solomon Islanders. Selling occurs both in the permanently covered building, as well as at its sides. The market offers the cheapest food in Honiara. Some women migrate temporarily to Honiara to sell their products at the market. The market is seen as a