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- ↑ "Australia's biggest floating building is secured on Hobart's waterfront". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Floating Vietnam nightspot languishes in North Korean port". Thanh Nien News. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
