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S’porean who spent $23m converting ship into hotel has written book about the 9-year saga
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The Doulos Phos ship sits on a plot of reclaimed land shaped like an anchor along Bintan Island’s coast.
PHOTO: DOULOS PHOS THE SHIP HOTEL
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SINGAPORE – When Singaporean businessman Eric Saw, 73, bought the maritime vessel MV Doulos in 2010, he did not expect that it would take nine arduous years before the hotel he envisioned would finally see the light of day.
Mr Saw chronicles his journey in a 180-page book, The Ship And I: In Pursuance Of The Grand Old Lady Of The Seas, which was released on Aug 22 – the vessel’s 110th anniversary.
