Hong Kong Jumbo Floating Restaurant

Famed tourist attraction capsizes near the Paracel Islands after encountering “adverse conditions”.

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. It capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands after it “encountered adverse conditions” and began to take on water, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises announced in a statement on Monday. Jumbo floating restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city, its parent company said.

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.

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Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises said the restaurant became a financial burden to its shareholders, with millions of Hong Kong dollars spent on its inspection and maintenance even though it was not in operation. The company said no-one was injured, but efforts to save the vessel failed and it capsized on Sunday. The restaurant encountered "adverse conditions" on Saturday as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea, and water entered the vessel and it began to tip, according to Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises.

Despite efforts to rescue the vessel, the restaurant eventually capsized on Sunday.

Despite efforts to rescue the vessel, the Jumbo Floating Restaurant eventually capsized on Sunday. Reports state that no crew members were injured during the incident. On May 31, the kitchen barge plunged into the water while awaiting its transfer. During its heyday, the 45,000sq ft restaurant caters to more than 2,300 diners at full capacity.

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A decade later it faced its own reckoning in Hong Kong. For the first time in more than 20 years, Jumbo operated at a loss in 1998. all in Hong Kong,” wrote Yingtoao. “The melody has gone now.” By the time COVID hit in March 2020, Jumbo was a floating duck. It is a poetic end for a vessel that came to epitomise Hong Kong’s excess of the 1980s and 1990s when Western and Chinese money flooded into Asia’s financial capital. Now Jumbo lies at the bottom of the ocean, as do many of Hong Kong’s hopes of returning to its halcyon days. Jumbo closed at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, then floundered under the mountain of maintenance required to keep it afloat.

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

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Hong Kong’s famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsized and sank in the South China Sea on Sunday after taking on water in adverse conditions. To some, the loss of the faded landmark represents the uncertainty of Hong Kong’s future as an international financial center, write Bloomberg’s Haley Wong and K. Oanh Ha. Today on CityLab: Hong Kong’s Floating Jumbo Restaurant Sinks at Sea Shaped like an imperial palace, the restaurant had long been a familiar sight in Aberdeen Harbour, drawing millions of visitors including Queen Elizabeth and Tom Cruise. But its attraction declined in recent years, and the pandemic forced it to suspend operations.