June 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Hong Kong maritime authorities have requested that the owner of the floating restaurant ‘Jumbo’, which capsized on Monday off the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, reveal in a report whether he has been approved to sail to Cambodia.
Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises, the restaurant’s parent company, said the 250-foot-long vessel encountered bad weather conditions, causing the ship to partially sink on Sunday after towing, although no crew members were injured. wounded, according to the newspaper ‘The Standard’.
The Hong Kong Navy Department explained on Tuesday that it had not been informed of the sinking of the ship, some 1,000 meters deep, before the company announced it on Monday, as reported by the newspaper ‘South China Morning. Post’.
In addition, he has confirmed that he had allowed the ship to leave Hong Kong for Cambodia on June 14, after the owner appointed inspectors to ensure that the ship was prepared for the trip.
As reported by ‘Hong Kong Free Press’, the well-known tourist attraction, of almost 4,200 square meters and with capacity for 2,300 people, had suffered accumulated deficits of more than 100 million dollars since 2013, and its situation worsened during the pandemic. . In fact, at the beginning of June, part of the kitchen sank in the port of Aberdeen, where it has been anchored for almost half a century.
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