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Yacht building taking off

BOOMING BUSINESS The meteoric rise of Taiwan's family-owned yards has transformed the nation into one of the world's leading producers of luxury yachts

DPA , TAIPEI

The exhibition will be a chance for around 80 percent of the biggest yards to show off their skills to boat enthusiasts and millionaires.

Plus, groundbreaking work has begun in Kaohsiung, where most of the yards are located, on what will be Asia's first yacht manufacturing industrial zone aimed at helping builders of yachts larger than 24m to expand.

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