The sprawling 260-foot-long boat spent nearly half a century off the coast of Hong Kong hosting “many international dignitaries and celebrities,” including Queen Elizabeth II and Tom Cruise. Jumbo Kingdom Website.
Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises previously stated that the cost of maintenance was unacceptable – millions of dollars were spent on inspections and repairs to meet licensing requirements. The Hong Kong government, under Chief Executive Gary Lam, has rejected calls for temporary financial relief.
“We have made it clear that the government has no plans to invest money in the operation of the restaurant because we are not good at running complexes like this,” Lam said.
Even before the epidemic, the restaurant that provided the Cantonese fees had accumulated debt. But Hong Kong’s initial move to ban tourists has severely affected the Jumbo Kingdom and elsewhere.
Earlier this month, before it was pulled, the restaurant was 130 feet Kitchen flotilla broke off from the back The boat sank in the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter in Hong Kong.
It is not clear where Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises planned to take the restaurant before it sank. A company spokesman said South China Morning Post The ship was towed somewhere in Southeast Asia.
