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Hong Kong’s floating restaurant sinks

This file photo taken on June 2, 2022, shows the Jumbo Floating Restaurant located in the typhoon shelter near Aberdeen on the south side of Hong Kong. (Photo: AFP)

Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a faded landmark of Hong Kong, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city to an unknown destination.

The imperial palace-shaped vessel capsized on Sunday after taking on water in adverse conditions near the Paracel Islands, its owner Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Ltd said in a statement. Salvage would be “extremely difficult” given the water depth of 1,000 metres, it said, adding no crew members were injured.

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