'Titanic II' interest building

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Published: 16 Feb 2013 at 14.43
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HONG KONG — Offers of more than $1 million have come in from people wanting to be the first passengers on Titanic II, say representatives of the Australian billionaire who plans to build a high-tech replica of the doomed ship.

A diagram provided by The Blue Star Line shows the preliminary plans and drawings for the Titanic II. It would retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck. (AFP Photo)

A spokesman for mining tycoon Clive Palmer said on Saturday that his shipping company had received inquiries from people in the US, Britain, Asia and South America.

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Discussion 1 : 16 Feb 2013 at 19.371
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Protest absolute.
Are resources to be devoted to allowing the 'hoi oligoi' to swan around on the world stage in oblivion of the critical needs of humanity? Better if they devoted their money to financing a space ship to transporting all of them away from our doomed planet. What ignorance and insouciance to repeat the errors of an earlier generation in replicating the Titanic disaster. Shall we also devote funds to replicating a gigantic iceberg? In all seriousness, can we have a more realistic response to this great disaster?
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