Hong Kong's landmark Jumbo floating eating place towed away

Hong Kong's landmark Jumbo floating eating place towed away

HONG KONG (AP) — A landmark floating eating place that fed Cantonese cuisine with every one other accompanied by seafood to Queen Elizabeth II, Tom Cruise with every one other accompanied by millions of other diners was towed from the Hong Kong harborfront Tuesday following actuality closed by the pandemic.

The parent firm of Jumbo Floating Restaurant couldn't find a new owner with every one other accompanied by lacked funds to carry on accompanied by it following months of COVID-19 restrictions.

The massive floating eating place designed exist fond of a Chinese imperial palace on Aberdeen Harbour was known for its Cantonese cuisine with every one other accompanied by seafood dishes. It received over 30 million guests since its setting up inside 1976.

But Jumbo Floating Restaurant was forced to near inside 2020 due to the pandemic, with every one other accompanied by all staff were laid off. Parent firm Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises said it had become a monetary burden to shareholders, while millions of Hong Kong dollars were spent on inspection with every one other accompanied by maintenance of the floating eating place every one year flat though the eating place was not inside operation.

"We do not foresee that (Jumbo Floating Restaurant) tin resume work inside the immediate future," the firm said. It said potential deals to retain the eating place not shut were thwarted by the high operating costs.

Tugboats towed the eating place away Tuesday nevertheless it wasn't understandable where it will berth next. The firm planned to go it to a lower-cost location where maintenance could still exist conducted.

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had formerly rejected suggestions to bail not here the restaurant, in malice of calls from lawmakers to conserve the iconic landmark.

Lam said last month that the management had no indeed plans to place money into taxpayers' money into the eating place while the management was "not good" at running such premises, in malice of calls from lawmakers to conserve the restaurant.

Some Hong Kong residents recalled the heyday of Jumbo Kingdom, with every one other accompanied by expressed disappointment inside seeing the eating place go. It was famed for its lavish banquet meals, accompanied by dishes such while roasted suckling pig, lobster with every one other accompanied by double-boiled bird's nest, a Chinese delicacy.

Wong Chi-wah, a vessel operator inside Aberdeen Harbour, said that inside the glory days of the Jumbo Kingdom inside the 1990s, flocks of Japanese tourists would pay someone a call the restaurants.

"The streets were filled of parked vehicles while visitors arrived inside large groups," he said.

Encore Sin, 71, said Hong Kong was losing something unique.

"If the eating place leaves today, there is certainly a sensory power of loss, not fair for people who exist around this area nevertheless for the whole of Hong Kong," said Sin.

"Over the past few decades, I've been to numerous places around the world to lay clasp of photographs, nevertheless where else inside the world are there such floating restaurants? I don't believe there are some left."

Hong Kong's landmark Jumbo floating eating place towed away