TAIPEI (JTA) — When Rebecca Schrage arrived in Hong Kong from her home near Boston to work in finance around 2014, “there were no bagels. The best you could buy was like bread with a hole in it.” ... ( read original story ...)
CityLab Daily: Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant Sinks at Sea
The museum of Yemen’s untapped mineral wealth, and Barcelona targets cruise ships in its latest fight with tourists. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant leaves long-time home for new secret location
Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant sailed away from its long-time home in Aberdeen Harbour after talks to save the tourist attraction failed. ( read original story ...)
‘Good or bad, it’s Hong Kong history’: Collector brings city’s colonial past to life in private museum
Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong's British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the city that is firmly back in the fold of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s iconic floating restaurant capsizes at sea
Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsized at sea as it was being towed to a new location on Saturday in the South China Sea. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Floating Restaurant Sinks at Sea, Laden With Memories
Jumbo Floating Restaurant, which closed in 2020, capsized in the South China Sea after being towed from the city. The sinking triggered nostalgia for a happier period of Hong Kong history. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant sinks in South China Sea
A floating restaurant that was moored in Hong Kong for more than four decades has capsized in the South China Sea as it was being towed away from the former Br ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s last governor on dealing with China: podcast
Chris Patten was Britain’s top representative in the colony before its handover 25 years ago. In this edition of The Exchange podcast he talks about his newly published diaries, businesses sucking up ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Jumbo floating restaurant sinks at sea
By Jessie Yeung, CNN An iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant has sunk, just days after it was towed out to sea en route to an unspecified destination. Jumbo Kingdom, a three-story vessel that was at ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s iconic giant floating restaurant capsizes in South China Sea
An iconic giant floating Hong Kong restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea, less than one week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. Aberdeen Restaurant ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Iconic floating Jumbo restaurant sinks
A floating restaurant that was a famous Hong Kong landmark has sunk, days after it was towed away from the harbour where it operated for nearly 50 years. The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s landmark Jumbo floating restaurant sinks at sea
One of Hong Kong’s most famous landmarks — a large floating restaurant known for its lavish banquet halls and neon lights — capsized in the South China Sea, its parent company said Monday. The Jumbo ... ( read original story ...)
Floating Hong Kong restaurant capsizes in South China Sea
Jumbo Floating Restaurant encountered ‘adverse weather’ after being towed away from territory’s harbour ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s last UK governor says crackdowns ‘heartbreaking’
The last British governor of Hong Kong said Monday that Beijing's crackdown on civil liberties in the former British colony has been “a lot worse” than he expected. Chris Patten, who led Britain's ... ( read original story ...)