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Hong Kong's Jumbo floating restaurant sinks at sea
If you’ve ever visited Hong Kong, you might have dined in or seen this floating restaurant. The Jumbo Kingdom was a floating seafood restaurant within Hong Kong’s Aberdeen Harbor. It was established in October 1976 four years after the predecessor Jumbo Floating Restaurant was burned down. It was decorated in the style of an ancient Chinese imperial palace and used not only to host prominent guests like Queen Elizabeth II but also to shoot films including 007. The major renovation in 2003 increased the capacity to 2,300 diners, who all had to come by dedicated ferry boats. Indeed, it had been one of the most iconic and popular tourist destinations of Hong Kong until March 2000 when the coronavirus pandemic left the restaurant owner no choice but to close the operation. The Jumbo Floating Restaurant was eventually towed away from the bay on June 14 bound for an unspecified shipyard but capsized near the Paracel Islands five days later. As it sank over 1,000 meters into the ocean, it seems extremely difficult to identify the cause of the incident.
Enjoy reading the article and seeing the video of the final departure of this Hong Kong’s iconic floating restaurant.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-jumbo-restaurant-sink-intl-hnk/index.html
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