More woes for Hong Kong’s struggling Jumbo Floating Restaurant as 30-metre kitchen barge capsizes


A kitchen barge connected to Hong Kong’s famed Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsized on Wednesday morning – barely two days after the eatery’s operator announced it was set to leave the city because of a lack of funds for maintenance.

The incident involving the 30-metre barge coincided with calls from lawmakers for the government to come up with survival plans for the restaurant, including to exempt it from paying relevant licence fees.

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