| Jumbo Kingdom | |
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 Jumbo Kingdom in 2017 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 19 October 1976 |
| Closed | 3 March 2020 (Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsized on 19 June 2022 after leaving Hong Kong) |
| Owner(s) | Stanley Ho |
| Food type | Cantonese, dim sum, Western |
| Street address | Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, Hong Kong |
| City | Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°14′35.5″N 114°9′43.2″E / 22.243194°N 114.162000°E |
| Seating capacity | 2300 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 珍寶王國 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Treasure Kingdom | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 珍寶海鮮舫 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 太白海鮮舫 | ||||||||
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Jumbo Kingdom (Chinese: 珍寶王國) consisted of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant (Chinese: 珍寶海鮮舫) and the adjacent Tai Pak Floating Restaurant (Chinese: 太白海鮮舫), which were tourist attractions in the Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelters within Hong Kong's Aberdeen Harbour. During its 44 years of operation, over thirty million visitors visited Jumbo Kingdom, including Queen Elizabeth II, Jimmy Carter, Tom Cruise, Chow Yun Fat, and Gong Li.[1] A subsidiary, Jumbo Kingdom Manila, operated in Manila Bay, Philippines, but closed after eight years. Jumbo Kingdom was part of Melco International Development Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It suspended operations in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.
On 14 June 2022, the Jumbo Floating Restaurant was towed out of Hong Kong to Cambodia to await a new operator.[2][3] While transiting in the South China Sea, it experienced bad weather and capsized near the Paracel Islands on 19 June 2022. Its operator has denied describing it as sunk.[4]
- ^ Jumbo Kingdom. "A Celebrated Landmark". Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2007.
- ^ "'Great loss to Hong Kong': iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant leaves city". South China Morning Post. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Residents bid farewell to Jumbo Floating Restaurant - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Magramo, Kathleen (24 June 2022). "Owners of Jumbo Floating Restaurant backtrack on sinking claims as authorities investigate". CNN. Retrieved 27 December 2022.