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MOON Resort and Casino Awards Contract

5 November 2003

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – (Press Release) -- Michael R. Henderson, Creator MOON, today announced the award of the contract to create the five man made islands which will form the land for MOON. Marine contractors VAN OORD ACZ of The Netherlands will carry out all the dredging, land re-claimation and rock shoring for a fee of approximately US $500 million. This fee is subject to certain final location criteria.

Additionally the team at TCS John Huxley of London England have been awarded the design and installation contract of the 1000 gaming tables to be fitted into MOON's casino, which when complete will be the worlds largest at some 600,000sqft (56k-sqm).

"We are extremely proud to have been selected as part of MOON"s development team. As market leaders in the design and build of custom gaming equipment, this project is ideal for TCS John Huxley" said David Heap the Executive Vice President of TCS John Huxley.

Design updates include additional spheres bringing the total number to 88, housing 22,000 - 5000 sqft (464 sqm) fully furnished five star luxury Condominiums. These units will sell for US $1.2 million each and will account for a substantial portion of MOON's overall real estate revenue of some US $33 billion. In addition a second 18 hole Golf Course has been added to cope with anticipated demand.

A spectacular half moon Yacht club and futuristic Golf Clubhouse have been added. The tennis facility has been increased and now encompasses 18 grass courts and two championship center courts making it one of the largest tennis facilities in the world. Overall height of the main hotel is now 1312 ft (400 meters) making MOON the largest and tallest hotel in the world. Indeed MOON's hotel superstructure is so large the famed Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, will fit in the lobby and atrium of MOON.

The Lunar Colony attraction, a US $400 million dollar adventure to the lunar surface, has been moved into the main resort complex. The inner harbor facility has been extended to allow for the hosting of international sailing regattas and world class power boating events. The outer breakwater now hosts 5 cruise ship terminals, to allow for visiting liners of distinction. Henderson commented on the location for MOON.

"Understandably there is much global speculation as to the location for MOON. Currently we are focused on the Middle East, Far East and the Caribbean. We expect to have concluded this global search for the ideal location within the next few months."

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