Jumbo Floating Restaurant

The iconic restaurant capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city.

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, an ageing tourist attraction that was featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, has capsized in ...

The 76m vessel could house 2,300 diners. The trip had also obtained all relevant approvals. "Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Limited is very saddened by this accident.

It capsized near the Paracel Islands after it "encountered adverse conditions" and began to take on water. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The company said it was "very saddened by the incident" but that no crew members were injured. It said marine engineers had been hired to inspect the floating restaurant and install hoardings on the vessel before the trip, and that "all relevant approvals" had been obtained. Operator Melco International Development said last month that the business had not been profitable since 2013 and cumulative losses had exceeded HK$100 million (S$17.7 million).

Hong Kong's legendary Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea just days after it was towed away from the city, Associated Press reported.

On Sunday, the vessel capsized. The vessel sunk on June 19. The shocking news comes six days after the vessel was towed away on June 14.

The vessel, known as Jumbo Floating Restaurant, started to flood with water on Saturday after encountering poor conditions.

Jumbo Floating Restaurant shut down during the pandemic and laid off all its staff, according to AP. The vessel—which had served Cantonese food to millions of visitors for over 40 years—never reopened due to months of Covid restrictions that sparked financial woes as the restaurant racked up high maintenance costs. Its parent company, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises, struggled to find a new owner. Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises, the restaurant’s parent company, said in a statement the floating restaurant encountered poor conditions after passing the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea Saturday, and the vessel began to tip.

For some, the demise of the much-loved restaurant is symbolic of the loss of freedoms in the city.

Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsized on Sunday after facing adverse conditions in the South China Sea.

An iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant has sunk, just days after it was towed out to sea en route to an unspecified destination.

But as the fishing population in the island's southern harbor dwindled, the restaurant group became less popular, and had been suffering a deficit since 2013. Some posted art depicting the restaurant underwater, while others shared farewell messages. The restaurant's main boat was traveling to an undisclosed shipyard when it capsized on Saturday after meeting "adverse conditions" near the Paracel Islands (also known as the Xisha Islands) in the South China Sea, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Limited said in a statement Monday.

HONG KONG: Oscar Lai was 12 when he first visited Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant in 2006, part of the Jumbo Kingdom that had served the Queen and ...

“All these freedoms, gone.” In 2008, local authorities dismantled Queen’s Pier, located in Central district, despite activists’ fierce opposition to preserve it. The theme park group claimed they could not find a suitable third-party body to operate it. Queen Elizabeth II visited Tai Pak in the 1970s on a trip to Hong Kong, when it was still a British colony. It said salvaging the vessel would be very difficult. Back then, China was preparing to host the Beijing Olympics and Hong Kong’s stock market had reached a record high, passing 20,000 points.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant has been trending on social media after it capsized in the South China Sea on Sunday (June 19).

"Food was cold and restaurant understaffed. Some online users have made light of the incident as well. Earlier this month, Hong Kong Free Press reported that Chief Executive Carrie Lam had "backtracked on her 2020 vow" to revitalise the restaurant. Macau's "godfather of gambling", late casino mogul Stanley Ho, then stepped in to take over the business. Built in the style of a Ming dynasty imperial palace, it was 76m long, occupied 45,000 sqf over three storeys, and could seat 2,300 diners. One Hong Kong resident said on Twitter: "Genuinely distressing. the review said. However, maintenance costs continued to pile up during its closure, with Arel reporting losses of more than HK$100 million. Too deep to be salvaged... Jumbo's story began in the 1960s as an ambitious new project by businessman Wong Lo-kat after his success with the Tai Pak Floating Restaurant, Hong Kong daily South China Morning Post reported. Owner collects insurance. It eventually capsized the next day.

The imperial palace-shaped vessel capsized on Sunday after taking on water in adverse conditions near the Paracel Islands, its owner Aberdeen Restaurant ...