Suining: The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park where tourists can soon splash out for a night on a fullscale replica. Investor Su Shaojun says he was motivated to finance the audacious, 260m duplicate to keep memories of the Titanic alive. It has taken six years – longer than the construction of the original Titanic – plus 23,000 tonnes of steel, more than a hundred workers and one-billion-yuan (RM632mil) price tag. Everything from the dining room to the luxury cabins and even the door handles are styled on the original Titanic. It forms the centrepiece of a Sichuan province theme park more than 1,000km from the sea.

Source: The Star May 14, 2021 21:45 UTC