/ 5 June 2000

BUSINESSMAN TO BUILD COPY OF TITANIC

A SOUTH African multimillionaire will travel to Belfast on Friday to discuss the possibility of building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic passenger liner. The original Titanic, built in the Belfast shipyards, sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912. Despite that famous tragedy, businessman Sarel Gous is ready to spend 500-million on building Titanic II, according to the reports. Titanic II will not be an exact replica of its ill-fated predecessor, but will have the same impressive silhouette and with the same levels of on-board luxury.