Floating restaurant mystery deepens


Beyond the sea: The Jumbo Floating Restaurant being towed away from Aberdeen Harbour last week. — AFP

MYSTERY over the fate of Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant deepened after its owner stirred confusion over whether the financially struggling tourist attraction had actually sunk while being towed away from the city last week.

On Monday, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises released a statement saying the vessel had capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea after it “encountered adverse conditions” and began to take on water.

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