Hong Kong Jumbo Floating Restaurant

On Monday Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises released a statement saying the vessel had capsized on Sunday (June 19) near the Paracel Islands in the South China ...

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A new twist in the sunk seafood restaurant saga encapsulates the double speak that is becoming increasingly prevalent in Hong Kong.

But although that is the current state of affairs now, no one knows what the situation will be like in five years. Whatever the case, it would be hard to completely eviscerate British history and influence given the preponderance of street signs with names like «Connaught», «Arbuthnot» and «Wyndham». Not to mention the fact there are two major British banks of some repute right in the middle of town, and a Cenotaph. There have been similar incidents of double-speak here recently related to whether the city was a British colony or an occupied territory in a planned history textbook for students.

The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk at sea, appeared Thursday to ...

The government, conservationists, historians and the commercial sector should be working together to protect and make good use of these [historic] sites," he said. The Marine Department said in a statement on Wednesday that the ship owner had hired an agency to inspect the vessel and made sure it was seaworthy before being towed. "We stalled too long." Stephen Li, a professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, said it was "quite uncommon" for a vessel to sink simply due to bad weather, adding that sea transport is "very safe these days" given advancements in navigation technology. Asked whether this contradicted previous statements, the spokesman said the firm was required "to report the depth of the waters where (the incident) took place," and declined to answer whether this meant the vessel was salvageable or remained afloat. A spokesman for Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Limited told CNN on Friday it had always used the term "capsize" to describe the incident and had never claimed the vessel had sunk.

Hong Kong's distinctive Jumbo Floating Restaurant, established in 1976 by the smuggler turned gambling impresario Stanley Ho Hung-sun, led a storied life. The ...

Officials told local press that ARE may have breached the city’s regulations if the owner, agent, or captain did not report a sinking within 24 hours. Hongkongers bade the restaurant farewell last week as it was towed out of Aberdeen harbour. It seems that in death it has not lost the power to grab headlines.

Owners of Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant have denied claims that the iconic craft sank in the South China Sea. The establishment originally closed ...

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Jumbo Floating Restaurant, an iconic multi-story dining establishment built upon a barge, was one of Aberdeen Harbor's most prominent landmarks for five decades ...

Despite reports of its loss, it appears that the Jumbo Floating Restaurant may still be floating. “Despite the efforts of the towing company responsible for the trip to rescue the vessel, unfortunately it capsized on Sunday,” Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises said in a statement. The vessel was widely reported as "sunk."

Owners of Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant backtracked on earlier claims and insisted that the vessel “was still in the waters” near Paracel Islands.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Limited told CNN on Friday that the company repeatedly used the word “capsized” to describe the incident involving the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. The official said that it was never claimed the vessel had sunk. It is to note that the shift in the narrative of Jumbo’s owners came as Hong Kong's Marine Department requested the restaurant group to submit a written report on the incident. However, on Thursday, amid growing pressure from authorities to elaborate on the circumstances that led to the apparent wreckage of Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Limited denied the vessel sank.

Mystery over whether the financially struggling tourist attraction, Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, had actually sunk while being towed away from the ...

On Monday Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises released a statement saying the vessel had capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea after it "encountered adverse conditions" and began to take on water. On Monday Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises released a statement saying the vessel had capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea after it "encountered adverse conditions" and began to take on water. The South China Morning Post reported a similar conversation with a spokeswoman for the company, in which they insisted the boat had "capsized", not "sank", but refused to clarify whether it was still afloat.

Converted from Cunard's transatlantic luxury passenger ship the Queen Elizabeth, Seawise University was to become a floating tertiary institution in Hong ...

Finally sold to the Orient Overseas Line in 1970 for a reported US$3.5 million, the vessel was subsequently insured for US$8 million, and sailed out to Hong Kong, where it was converted at multimillion-dollar expense into what was intended to be a floating tertiary institution dedicated to international understanding among the world’s youth. Seawise University – the name was dismissed by the unkind as a lame pun on its owner’s initials – was the brainchild of C.Y. Tung, the legendary Chinese shipping tycoon, philanthropist, close personal friend of Princess Grace of Monaco, and father of Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa. Refitting work was almost completed in early 1972 when disaster struck. And so – the mere act of thought being creative, according to ancient mystics – this unfortunate prognostication came to pass; the South China Sea is a treacherous place to navigate at any season. Rendered obsolete within a few years by the rapid expansion of jet travel, the Queen Elizabeth was retired in 1968. Best not to look too closely at the foundations or back-of-house – and certainly not the unlovely kitchen barges, which sank at their moorings a few days before the main vessel departed. And all were – ultimately – fully owned subsidiaries of a faraway colonial power.