Hong Kong floating restaurant sinks in South China Sea

The Jumbo Floating Restaurant being towed away in Hong Kong on June 14, 2022. The restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city. - AP

HONG KONG (AFP): Jumbo floating restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city, its parent company said on Monday (June 20).

It capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands after it "encountered adverse conditions" and began to take on water, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises announced in a statement.